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Published in: openDemocracyUKAt Blackstone Edge: a People's Charter for 2015?Following in the footsteps of the original Chartists at Blackstone Edge, Paul Salveson proposes a People's Charter...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat is to be done: or, ensuring the British people get what they vote for (and that we don't get into this mess again)As the media prepares to declare Miliband an illegitimate PM, we must be ready to defend what we've voted for.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe British syndrome: an abdication of responsibilityThere are glaring absences at the heart of the UK elections contest. The new preface to his ‘Essay on Britain, now’...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDemocracy exists by the act of doing it: a meeting with Podemos in ManchesterA meeting with Podemos in Manchester provides an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of democracy and the need to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Great Charter of LibertiesLooking at the distance between the Westminster parliamentary system and those to whom elected representatives are...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKVisions of a democratic reality
As Assemblies for Democracy meet this Spring, citizens are starting to ask what real democracy is. Democracy doesn't...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDigital rights and freedoms: Part 1Under the rubric of state security on the one hand and commercial openness on the other, we are being lulled into an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDigital rights and freedoms: Part 2More than rights, a set of guiding principles is needed to counterpose to the reigning ideals of ‘security’,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHolding MPs to account: a Truro experiment
To hold our MPs to account we need to know what they promised to do before they were elected. We also need to have a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDevolution in the North of England: time to bring the people into the debate?
The referendum in Scotland is creating impetus for a redistribution of power within England. But who will determine...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat you can do for your democracy
Last week saw the launch of the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee’s The UK Constitution – a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAssembling for democracy: part 2, the Chartists and usDemocracy arrived in the UK thanks to popular movements which pressured a reluctant Parliament into democratic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWanted: A Magna Carta for the 21st Century
To protect and renew the rule of law we need to re-imagine our democracy. This Spring's Assemblies for Democracy...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAssembling for democracy: part 1, learning from the Blanketeers
As Assemblies for Democracy prepare to meet this Spring in London, Manchester and Glasgow, it is time to look again...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow to re-energise democracy
As we approach the general election, how can we make democracy real and vivid to citizens who do not feel part of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBasic Income - basic respectBasic Income is not a panacea for our woeful economic structure but it could certainly be a big step forward.
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Published in: Shine A LightOn the eve of Magna Carta’s 800th birthday, the British legal system is being ripped apart
A protest march against the Global Law Summit in London symbolises the relevance of the Magna Carta.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFrom Magna Carta to magna market
The upcoming Global Law Summit does seem to have plenty to do with the rule of law, but perhaps not in the way its...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA citizen’s income and wealth fund for the UK: Lessons from Alaska
Angela Cummine charts the growth and impact of Alaska's Permanent Fund and dividend – a unique combination of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRe-imagining democracy - peoples' assembliesThis spring, inaugural Assemblies for Democracy in London, Manchester and Glasgow will identify the major issues...
