I must say, my assumption was very much this. But as far as I can make out, we are currently planning to trial certain things such as experimenting with different jail times: which I’m surprised got past an ethics committee, so to speak.
In Britain, the only likely risk is if it breaks human rights: we don’t have a constitution in quite the same way.
Of course, you could let people opt-in to the trial, but to make it meaningful you’d have to only provide the new service/approach to some people who opted in.
It’s odd that in some ways the idea of a deliberate trial with the aim of getting the best policy seems less shocking than devolving power and having a host of different approches spring up naturally.
I must say, my assumption was very much this. But as far as I can make out, we are currently planning to trial certain things such as experimenting with different jail times: which I’m surprised got past an ethics committee, so to speak.
In Britain, the only likely risk is if it breaks human rights: we don’t have a constitution in quite the same way.
Of course, you could let people opt-in to the trial, but to make it meaningful you’d have to only provide the new service/approach to some people who opted in.
It’s odd that in some ways the idea of a deliberate trial with the aim of getting the best policy seems less shocking than devolving power and having a host of different approches spring up naturally.