The future of the UK cannot be discussed simply at the level of the political elite. Politicians must heed the call for a citizen-led constitutional convention.
This spring, inaugural Assemblies for Democracy in London, Manchester and Glasgow will identify the major issues with our clearly inadequate democracy and then start work thinking on how we could solve them.
openDemocracy's founder explains why Britain must go for a fully written constitution, and why a constitutional convention is necessary to achieve that.
We are now clearly in the middle of a "constitutional moment" and those who want a new settlement for the country are beginning to stir and take action. How can you get involved, and what's coming up?
Lee Waters sets out the Institute of Welsh Affairs' plans to hold a ‘crowd sourced’ Constitutional Convention.
Speaking with experience of the Irish convention, if done right they can produce real, lasting change.
While the questions of who participates and on what topics are critical, I want to throw open a different kind of question: when – at whose discretion - should a constitutional convention be established?
There is more and more agreement that the UK needs to have a constitutional convention. Now, we just need to agree what that actually means...
The people of Iceland drafted a new constitution. But their parliament has essentially ignored it.
The Irish Constitutional Convention of 2013-14 provides some useful lessons for the UK.
Citizens must be included, of course, but what of non-resident citizens, or resident non-citizens, or non-resident non-citizens, or even the unborn?
The UK needs a framework for federalisation. Here's one suggestion for how this could work.
