Like all referendums, the ‘Brexit’ vote will be a lottery. Why not go the whole hog and take the decision by lot?
A recent lecture by Professor James Fishkin reflects on Chinese experiments in deliberative democracy.
Most of the commentators on this site assume that the results of the election indicate a ‘progressive majority’ in the UK. For example, activists such as Billy Bragg and Peter
The enthusiasm of this site for Cleggism is becoming a little embarrassing. Last night the BBC news showed the yellow battle bus standing by in a supermarket car park while
Any lingering doubts over whether or not UK governance has entered a ‘presidential’ phase were dispelled by last night’s televised debate. As a result of a relatively anodyne exchange
We can no longer know who or what we're voting for. Politics and media conspire to deliver fictional candidates. How will the fiction turn out will be revealed ... next parliament
If politicians are not up to their jobs and perhaps can never be, why not try appointing those who are?
Political representation and diversity
The annual British Academy lecture was delivered this week by M.H. Hansen, a leading authority on Athenian democracy and the ancient Greek polis.
A proposal for a modern mixed constitution with a randomly-selected Parliament
Just back from the annual political theory workshop at Manchester Met and astonished at the total lack of engagement with the current political crisis. I know that political theory is
Keith Sutherland (Exeter, Imprint Academic): The most remarkable thing about the Chancellor’s Guardian interview wasn’t his unusual candour about the parlous state of the economy (“arguably the worst
