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Published in: openDemocracyUKRebuilding democracy in Iceland: an interview with Birgitta JonsdottirIn the first of a series of interviews by Phil England examining the situation in Iceland and the possible relevance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDemocracy matters, but how?The launch of the Democracy Matters report on Citizens' Assemblies in Sheffield and Southampton gives us an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDevolution in Hampshire: A report on Assembly SouthIs Assembly South a model for giving the public more voice in devolution?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDevolution versus democracy? A report on Assembly NorthThe people of south Yorkshire want devolution - but they also want the process to be much more democratic.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSnide & Prejudiced: a tale of constitutional shenanigansThe UK's constitution is being trashed for short-term party political advantage. We need an independent review.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKInclusive decision making systems are a must for any UK constitutional conventionBinary yes-no voting is a plague on democracies. We should and can do much better. Here's how.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKExperimenting with citizens’ assemblies in the UKTwo experimental citizens' assemblies in Sheffield and Southampton, starting this month, show the way forward for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReferenda and a cross-party constitutional conventionThe former UK foreign secretary delivered the inaugural Peter Hennessy lecture on the 8th of October 2015. Here it...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKExecutive ‘horse-trading’ united Scotland: the Scottish constitutional convention and its relevance todayThe constitutional convention changed Scottish politics through hard earned consensus building. The Scottish...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCorbyn should support a convention parliament or he will fail
If Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership he should try to reach agreement with all progressive groups for an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy wait until 2020? We need to act on our democratic crisis now!Why wait until 2020? The Labour Leadership candidates should assemble as many as are willing and get a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Labour candidates on an English Labour Party, a constitutional convention and a written constitutionLabour leadership candidates responses on an English Labour Party and the Constitution.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy does the UK need a constitutional convention? An interview with Anthony Barnett
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Published in: openDemocracyUKChanging the way politics works: an interview with Katrin OddsdottirPhil England talks to Katrin Oddsdottir, a member of Iceland's 2011 Constitutional Council, about the process of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIceland's unfinished revolution? An interview with Hordur TorfasonThe award-winning human rights activist credited with starting Iceland's 'pots and pans revolution', discusses with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe most disproportionate election in our history. 2020 must not be a repeat.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe essence, not the ephemera: on the loss of the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe government says no to democratic reformOne of the first things this government has done is to effectively disband the Committee for political and...
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