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How citizens’ juries can help with community cohesion

16.12.2009 // by Tehmina Kazi // View comments
What do you do when you are stuck in traffic because 15 protesters have descended on your peaceful little suburb, and the entire area is gridlocked with police vans carrying 800 officers? You grumble under your breath, as this is your hard-earned tax money going down the pan. This tiny group seem to be campaigning against the local mosque extension, and are carrying what appears to be "anti-Peperami" placards. More »
Interesting suggestions for “Rebooting Britain”

11.12.2009 // by Guy Aitchison // View comments
Just a quick post to draw your attention to a fasincating article by James Murray Wells which appears in Wired magazine. More »
Movement Building

10.12.2009 // by George Gabriel // View comments
"As Partnerships and Outreach for POWER2010 my task is to draw partner organisations to the campaign, each bringing their diverse perspectives to the debate and their energies and experience to the campaign. For the pledge to be a legitimate set of People's proposals we must be broad, and for it to be powerful we must be massive." More »
Your blogs: The people should hold the reins of government

10.12.2009 // by Tyler McGee // View comments
There has been a growing concern in my heart. Over and over, I have heard the same complaints from people (like myself) who feel disenfranchised by politics. More »
Your blogs: Democracy is being eaten away

08.12.2009 // by Karl Tall // View comments
Governments are elected by the people of the UK to represent them at national and international level on a wide and ever growing range of issues. More »