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22 11, 2022

Regionalizing Democracy in the United Kingdom – The Case for an Upper House of the Nations and Regions
Regionalizing Democracy in the United Kingdom – The Case for an Upper House of the Nations and Regions
Blog, Federalism, UK Constitution, Views from the Federal Trust

Regionalizing Democracy in the United Kingdom – The Case for an Upper House of the Nations and Regions

By Federal Trust|2022-11-22T14:01:10+00:00November 22nd, 2022|Categories: Blog, Federalism, UK Constitution, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: Andrew Black UK Constitution, House of Lords reform, regional representation UK, Sam Whimster UK Constitution, UK Constitution reform, UK democracy|

Dr Andrew Black, Global Policy Institute, [email protected] and Professor Sam Whimster, Global Policy Institute, [email protected] Rationale for change and reform: Britain is one of the most centralized democracies in the OECD. Resource allocation decisions are centralized in London, and instructions are handed down ‘vertically’ to the devolved nations and [...]

15 11, 2021

Webinar: A Citizens’ Senate – Towards Consensual Presidential Democracy
Webinar: A Citizens’ Senate – Towards Consensual Presidential Democracy
2021, Citizens’ rights, Future of Europe, UK

Webinar: A Citizens’ Senate – Towards Consensual Presidential Democracy

By Federal Trust|2021-12-01T14:39:15+00:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Citizens’ rights, Future of Europe, UK|Tags: citizens assemblies, direct democracy, direct democracy UK, EU democracy, UK democracy|

30th November 2021 How to move from adversarial democracy toward consensual democracy? At this event, Tony Czarnecki, author of the recent Federal Trust blog Citizens’ Senate – Towards Consensual Presidential Democracy, discussed his ideas on how to renew and invigorate the democratic system in the UK. He favours a system of merging [...]