Reform of the current system is a daunting task, given the power and intransigence of faculty members and others spoiled by massive third-party subsidization of their activities.

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The constitution also shifts power back to member states, and so citizens, in another way: by reform of the presidency system.

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The pretence that he would be allowed to reform a system carefully designed to keep Mr Moi's hands on the reins of power, and on the purse-strings, was gone before he was dismissed.

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As well as Lords reform, (or not), there will probably be big bills on the welfare system, higher education, business rates, and a series of political reform issues, like a power for voters to recall MPs and a register of lobbyists.

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