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Time for Change

15.03.2010 // by Angela Samson // View comments
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Why I’m supporting a written constitution for the UK

15.02.2010 // by Hywel Ceri Jones // View comments
A written constitution for the UK is overdue. Now is the time to vest sovereign power in the people so they can understand and commit with confidence to a constitution which explicitly sets out the overall framework of reference for the United Kingdom within which parliamentary democracy and the governance of decision making can develop. More »
Friday poem

12.02.2010 // by Guy Aitchison // View comments
The business of democratic reform can get a bit heavy and serious at times so it's a good job we have artists to lighten our mood and lift our spirits. More »
Democracy - Lessons from Brazil

10.02.2010 // by Andrea Cornwall // View comments
Andrea Cornwall reflects on the lessons Brazil's democrats everywhere and explains why she's supporting public consultation through a deliberative process. More »
Why we need Right of Recall - Paddy Ashdown

29.01.2010 // by Paddy Ashdown // View comments
With public trust in Parliament at rock bottom, there is an urgent need for reforms that will redistribute power to voters by making MPs directly answerable to the people they are elected to serve and represent. Currently an MP, it seems, can do whatever they like and there is nothing their constituents can do about it until the next election which could be five years away. More »