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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe EU referendum: why we need a Deliberation DayThe UK is going to vote on staying or leaving the EU. A special bank holiday – Deliberation Day – can help make the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReturning nativeReturning to Wales, David Marquand finds that devolution has created a political community interestingly open to new...
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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: openDemocracyUKBehold the 'Manchester Withington question''English Votes for English Laws' is supposed to answer the 'West Lothian question' – yet the government's English...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘English Votes’ is sheer political vandalism and fundamentally changes BritainThe break up of Britain has moved one step closer.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain’s Ptolemaic constitutionEnglish votes for English laws is another botched attempt to fiddle with a broken system.
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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: openDemocracyUKNorthern Powerhouse: switch on the powerTo complete the Northern Powerhouse we need to invest in creativity.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDevolution for Yorkshire?Can we turn 'devolution' from above into 'self-determination' from below? What would this look like in Yorkshire?
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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: openDemocracyUKWales and the changing UnionFurther devolution to Wales is necessary but must be considered as part of a shift to a federal UK. A constitutional...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFracturing democracy? State, fracking and local power in LancashireFracking may have been rejected in Lancashire, but the battle reveals that power is being stripped from the people...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA power sharing deal between Westminster and the home nations is needed.The German model shows that another union is possible.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRadical regionalism and democratic politics in EnglandThe election result underscores the need for a profound rethink by the left in England: this should focus on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRe-imagining EnglandOriginally delivered as a public lecture at the University of Winchester on Thursday 9th October, 2014, John Denham...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Devo Manc': 'Northern Powerhouse' or 'Northern Poorhouse'?
Centralisation has certainly failed, but the promise of devolution to Greater Manchester is being massively hyped.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAll for English devolution - but what about English democracy?
All three main UK parties are keen to pursue English devolution. But their proposals are elite-driven and do not...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAgainst ad hocery: we need a more democratic approach to UK devolutionWe need a process for determining devolution that is more considered, democratic and which tackles devolution in the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDemocracy exists by the act of doing it: a meeting with Podemos in Manchester
A meeting with Podemos in Manchester provides an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of democracy and the need to...
