Whenever a law court let alone a tabloid newspaper takes an undue interest in a rape victim’s mores, we hear an echo down the ages of Evelina’s trial by novel.
In itself, having a new constitution doesn’t heal a country. But we have all sorts of different deliberative models out there, and not just citizens’ assemblies. Interview.
An open call to the European Parliament not to approve the composition of the European Commission as agreed behind closed doors by EU governments without taking European citizens into consideration.
Experts in deliberative democracy have been working across the world for around twenty years. Now, all of a sudden, their expertise is in high demand. Interview.
With a Damocles sword hanging over UK democracy, everyone is underestimating how many people they need to listen to or persuade for real progress to be made.
A TV debate would solve nothing, and claims about “the will of the people” are vapid. We need to find a way to hold a meaningful debate. (The rest and the West Part 2. - Part One is here.)
A TV debate would solve nothing, and claims about “the will of the people” are vapid. We need to find a way to hold a meaningful debate. (The rest and the West Part 2. - Part One is here.)
