Dear all, Having just done the second Public-run Village Referendum in eight weeks, I am back looking for some more international support i.e. another Catch-22...
Welcome to a new Democr@cy Forum subscriber perbaungan who writes: "I want to share in this debate about democracy and also want to know others opinion about...
Hi Michael Thanks for your news about the lecture on May 9th. This must be truly encouraging for you... to be invited by a 'Royal' Society no less! Now, I'm...
Dr. Michael Macpherson Citizens' Initiative and Referendum I&R a campaign for direct democracy in Britain http://www.iniref.org/ Adrian Romilly Plymouth, ...
The September issue of the WDD newsletter is published on http://www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk/groups/wdd/ [Non-text portions of this message have been...
SWISS REJECT VETO OF GOVERNMENT LAW BY OPTIONAL REFERENDUM Electorate approves government law on Sunday shopping, rejecting a veto call. Short report may be...
The December issue of the WDD Newsletter is published on http://www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk/groups/wdd/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
TITLE Referenda: Plebiscites or Opinion Polls. An Analysis of the Use, Constitutionality and Appropriateness of Direct Democracy in the British Constitution. ...
Watchya Mr MacPherson You truly have a noble spirit and I can see the general pattern unfolding as I described 10 months ago, of a democratic movement trapped...
Happy New Year, Mark. Always keen to hear good ideas and prefer if you can show how -- practically -- they can be put into effect. I&R is progressing. A...
A great year for change but not in the form you suggest - more like a tweak of the sovereignty of parliament for the benefit of parliament. Sovereignty of...
This proposal by Michael Edwards reads well. What will be needed to promote the "creative mixture of representative and direct democracy" for London? ...
I've heard from INIREF that you have introduced an ad hoc bill to placate the public demand for more direct democracy. It would be nice to have a public debate...
Newspaper article: How we move ever closer to becoming a totalitarian state The Prime Minister claims to be defending liberty but a barely noticed Bill will...
The Local Government Referendums Bill could come to a "second reading" in the House of Commons this Friday (see list of private members' bills below). The...
Brian Walden for the BBC on democracy and referendum Comment by Michael Macpherson Brian Walden provides a "point of view" for the BBC "The Power Inquiry...
Direkte Demokratie: Bestandsaufnahme und Wirkungen im internationalen Vergleich (Direct Democracy: Taking stock and comparing effects internationally) ...
Only a constitution can save us from this abuse of power See this Sunday's Observer newspaper http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1744984,00.html ...
The March issue of the WDD Newsletter is now on http://www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk/groups/wdd/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
New publication in peer reviewed journal. THE CITIZENS' INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM: DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN FIVE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE A dossier compiled by Michael...
Blogged at Open Democracy Help bring democracy to the US http://opendemocracy.typepad.com/wsf/ by Isabel Hilton The citizens are stirring on both sides of the...
Repeated surveys attributed to MORI have shown that over seventy percent of people in Britain approve the greater use of referendum; and agree that a large...
The comment summarised below is attached to this message and may be loaded down (coming soon) from http://www.iniref.org ... Report 2006 of the Rowntree...
The June issue of the WDD Newsletter is now published on http://www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk/groups/wdd/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dear colleagues and friends, Below is a response to "Billy Bragg's" comment about reform of the british second chamber of parliament, which may be read at ...
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