In the first of a series of interviews by Phil England examining the situation in Iceland and the possible relevance of developments there to the UK, Phil talks to Pirate Party MP Birgitta Jonsdottir.

What will it take to create a genuinely citizen-led constitutional convention for the UK? A meeting in Parliament on May 10, convened by Assemblies for Democracy, will aim to find out. 

The launch of the Democracy Matters report on Citizens' Assemblies in Sheffield and Southampton gives us an opportunity to tease out the different understandings of why 'participation' matters. 

The UK is going to vote on staying or leaving the EU. A special bank holiday – Deliberation Day – can help make the decision an informed one.

Returning to Wales, David Marquand finds that devolution has created a political community interestingly open to new possibilities.

Is Assembly South a model for giving the public more voice in devolution?

The people of south Yorkshire want devolution - but they also want the process to be much more democratic.

The UK's constitution is being trashed for short-term party political advantage. We need an independent review.

'English Votes for English Laws' is supposed to answer the 'West Lothian question' – yet the government's English devolution policy is recreating the same question in a new form.

What is the potential significance of Jeremy Corbyn refusing to bend his knee to the Queen?

Binary yes-no voting is a plague on democracies. We should and can do much better. Here's how.

The break up of Britain has moved one step closer.

The people of England need to discover their sovereignty and make a constitution of their own. Here are some ideas.

English votes for English laws is another botched attempt to fiddle with a broken system.

Two experimental citizens' assemblies in Sheffield and Southampton, starting this month, show the way forward for debating constitutional change across the UK.

The former UK foreign secretary delivered the inaugural Peter Hennessy lecture on the 8th of October 2015. Here it is in full.

Republicanism brings into sharp focus an articulation of common freedoms strived for under extremely varying political conditions, in different times and places, with the shared commonality of facing unequal odds.

The constitutional convention changed Scottish politics through hard earned consensus building. The Scottish experience could be a driving force in mending broken British democracy.

This year is the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. But what exactly was Magna Carta?

Political inequality and disengagement are increasing. Is a Democracy Commission part of the solution?