💭 Scaling deliberative democracy has to be about more than numbers.
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A permanent citizens' assembly has been in place in @stadtaachen.bsky.social since 2022. Following three mini-publics on various topics, a change to the rules of procedure has now been decided.
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When protests go viral, democracy goes digital. Democracy Assessment Intern Bjorn Carlson sits down with Bulgarian activists Malena Malcheva and Valeria Berkova to unpack how Gen Z is turning social media into a tool for democratic participation. Read more: bit.ly/49XpxTB
Just one week more to enjoy 10% off any 2026 @ica-uk.bsky.social ToP #facilitation training in this #JanuarySale - register now!
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🚨BOOM!! 💥 YOU DID IT!!!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party has hit 100,000 signatures!
NOW LETS HAVE A DATE FOR A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
Cc @HoCpetitions
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
🚨Now closing on 93,000 signatures!
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
🚨BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures!
The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
Let’s keep going!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
They claim they’re putting personal ambition aside and defecting to Reform to help fix the country.
To stop that pisstaking farce, they should be made to hold by-elections in their constituencies and let the voters decide if that’s ok with them. Please sign.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
“How can I have more purposeful & productive conversations, develop creative solutions and build a group consensus?”
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Nigel Farage with Donald Trump during a previous meeting in the United States - a relationship that once burnished Farage's profile but is increasingly seen as a political liability in Britain (Photo of Farage with his huge mouth open talking to Trump who doesn’t look like he rates what’s being said)
In an effort to leverage his relationship with the White House into something positive, he has also promised to "have some words" with the American delegation in Davos, in the hope that the new tariff attack may be reduced or eliminated entirely. That's probably Farage's best option when it comes to turning the undeniable minus of their relationship into a plus, but it will only work if Trump actually listens. There's the rub. Look at the President's recent and increasingly erratic behaviour: deriding allies, trampling hard-won friendships, denouncing nations which sent men and women to bleed and die for America in Afghanistan as unreliable and now threatening war within Nato itself. Right now, Trump doesn't look like he is in the mood to listen to anyone.
British voters don’t like Trump. In foreign affairs, he’s all Farage has got. Unless he wants to go public about Putin. So now, what does Farage do? Apparently he’ll have “some words” with the American delegation in Davos. Hahahaha.
Delusional, traitorous clown.
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Dr. King believed our democracy would only make sense when every child was fed, every mind was educated, and every community had dignity and freedom.
That vision is still unfolding. So, on this MLK Day, let us recommit to the work of building the world he dared to imagine.
30k signs in just a couple of days. Have you signed?
By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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As Taiwan’s🇹🇼 cyber ambassador, I’ll keep advancing responsible technology policy, digital governance & international cooperation in the age of AI, cybersecurity & digital transformation.
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What should the media landscape of the future look like? A citizens' forum in Baden-Württemberg discussed this question. On 17 January 2026, the final report was presented to State Parliament President Muhterem Aras and media professionals.
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The EU needs Britain's arms industry. And Britain needs the EU economic and security blanket. The UK's armed forces are small and impoverished, with their chiefs saying they face a £28bn funding shortfall. According to a recent report by the Centre for Economic Policy: "By 2025, we estimate that UK GDP per capita was 6-8 per cent lower than it would have been without Brexit. Investment was 12-18 per cent lower, employment 3-4 per cent lower, and productivity 3- 4 per cent lower." Other estimates put Britain's losses at lower levels, but there can be no doubt that Brexit has been a strategic economic failure.
"Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity. If Greenland's security is at risk, we can address this inside Nato," she added. The EU needs help from the UK to do that. Britain has much to give the EU: its armed forces and military industries would accelerate and improve the bloc's security. Trump's attacks on the very existence of Nato, his contempt for Europe in general, and his continuing support for Putin's land grabs mean that the UK could negotiate better terms for re-entering the EU now than it would have done before the US president tore up international law and turned on the US's oldest friends. The Greenland crisis is Britain's best opportunity.
“…if the crisis caused by Trump is seized as an opportunity for Britain to rejoin the EU on terms that bind the UK to the mainland. This would make both parties safer – and stop Putin from dancing a happy jig around the Kremlin”
Time to fix stupid.
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PETITION: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
This makes no sense…
An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto…
No thanks
If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote
Sign the petition & help make that law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
My current role at GDS is to communicate the work we’re doing in GOV.UK’s AI Studio - exploring the role agentic AI could play in government services and how to introduce it safely and responsibly.
One way we’re doing that is writing about work across the studio on alphagov.github.io/govuk-ai/
🌊 A once-in-a-generation cross-border project is happening at Carlingford Lough — and we need your help.
A Citizens’ Jury is bringing people together to help decide the Future of Carlingford Lough — yet a postal delay means some households may not receive their invitations in time.
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1 week left to apply to join our team!
In this Newsletter: 2025 SURF Award Winners Revealed Open Access Article: Democratic Innovation beyond the Deliberative Paradigm? Reclaim the Economy Week The People Powered 2026 Convening: Global Challenges, Participatory Solutions Open Calls: Piloting and Twinning Programs for Scaling Democratic Innovations Report and Thought Pieces: The Global Conference on New Ways of Governance New Guidelines: Ensuring Impact – A Guide to Effective Set-up and Follow-up of Citizen Participation New Series: This is Community Wealth Building New Article: Exploring the Interplay Between Democratic Innovations and Social Sustainability – A Scoping Review Blog post: Migrant Women’s Experiences of Policy Making and Political Decision Making
🗓️The first 2026 newsletter of the Citizen Participation Network is out 🗞️ including awards, publications, guidelines, funding and events curated from across the field #democracy #participation #deliberation #commons 🤔Available here 👉🏼 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
How to engage youth in a climate assembly?
📌 At this KNOCA Learning Call participants will be learning about the Canadian Youth Climate Assembly
📅 January 22nd, 2026 | 15:00 – 16:30 (CET)
🔗 Register now: www.knoca.eu/events/learn...
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The German city of Moers should establish guidelines for citizen participation and create an office for citizen participation. These are two of the most important recommendations of the Citizens' Jury ‘Shaping Participation Together’.
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This training explores what effective coaching looks like in organising, where the goal isn't just personal development but collective power-building.
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With the creation of the Office of Mass Engagement, Mamdani is signaling that he wants the grassroots movement that got him elected to keep going long after his victory, and to somehow fold it into City government itself.
Here at Involve, we are working on the citizen’s assembly with the National Gallery 👇🏽
