The single unifying fact (common denominator) that all ‘heads of state’ (and often many of their government officials) regardless of whether they use the political, religious or royal language of a ‘sovereign’/’independent’/ or ‘nation’ state, legislate what they call… ‘legal immunity’ for themselves, is the most identifiable reason for multiple failures in global governance.

In fact responsible governance can probably most simply be achieved through autonomous states that first and foremost function within the peace and harmony of the rule of law that is applied equally to individuals and the state.

There are so many ‘one party’ states around the world, who sometimes at best, pose as two and a bit political parties, these days, while this global pandemic highlights there were already…. existing serious problems that are indeed connected, in all global health and social care, meaning there is so much overdue progress needed when it comes to responsible governance.

There is no reason the world cannot be a much safer, kinder and gentler place, because there will always be cities and states that will grow and flourish through human endeavour, and… despite any politics.

In theory, there are (for example) national MEP’s who are elected to the European Parliament (whose political power is unclear when compared to the EU Commission) and who also belong to what are cliques (that are more like personal fundraisers) rather than any tangible transnational political parties, all of which in practice doesn’t amount to or do much, among a considerable amount of far from constructive ‘ambiguity’ for those of us who are ordinary mere mortals.

It is often argued that many of the problems in the EU typically arise historically from not having put the freedom of movement of people first (ie: Jean Monnet versus Altiero Spinelli) when trying rebuild Europe after so much war.

There is no doubt that it is primarily the abuse of legislative power that is inconsistent with the peace and harmony of the rule of law, that creates and prolongs inequality.

It seems the only possible way to progress more responsible governance, when there are so many multicultural families, living across so many socially constructed borders, in our connected world that already has so many multinational organizations (G20, OECD, UN etc) and corporations (incl. monopolies who are bigger than some states) is to have local and national candidates in… universal political parties.

The fact that so many organizations and corporations operate across socially constructed borders, including the likes of the EU, means that ‘national security’ cannot be used as an excuse to oppose universal political parties, and indeed it is for intelligence services, to of and where necessary, just adapt.

Ideally, new universal political parties would rather than hide behind the old school legislative ‘legal immunity’ be autonomous within the peace and harmony of the rule of law.

In our undeniably connected world, universal political parties comprising local and national candidates, are a genuine opportunity to help responsibly progress the most important issues facing humanity.

There is no doubt, universal political parties would have an important role in delivering improved health and social care which is essential, including to help prevent devastating pandemics. All countries have different health models so combining what works will improve outcomes, globally. The ACC system in New Zealand is one example of a constructive work in progress.

One of the biggest attractions of clean renewable energy is people who can transition to making most of the clean renewable energy they use, themselves, will obviously have greater personal autonomy, while also helping improve the world which is a win-win. The transition to clean renewable energy which will be different in every region depending on local resources, and so on, that nevertheless has the support of the public globally, would however still benefit from the support of universal political parties.

In many respects, local and national candidates for universal political parties would represent genuine fair competition in a world facing… monopolies on so many fronts.