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.
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.)
Why the decisive political space for the Left is not Europe, but an inclusive democratic debate that alone can challenge the monocultural National Us. ( Part Two is here.)
DiEMVoice took to the stage at Central Saint Martins in London this October, to share its creative vision for Europe in a time of culture war. Short speech.
Nationalisms of one kind or another have been with modern human society for centuries. Why write now to urge new attention to the current upsurge in nationalisms?
