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 ...
towards DEMOCRACY IN OUR TIME The campaign for direct democracy in Great Britain and Northern Ireland ASSESSMENT AND PLAN 2006 The campaign for direct...
IR+R NEWS Citizens' Initiative, Referendum and Recall of elected officials and politicians ITEMS Public debate on-line, at the House of Lords! I&R~GB's...
The September issue of the WDD Newsletter is published on http://www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk/groups/wdd/ My apologies for the delay. [Non-text portions of...
The Communists have also drafted their own constitutional bill on a referendum on the US missile defence base in the Czech Republic. KSCM chairman Vojtech...
The next nationwide vote will take place on the 21st of May. Citizens are invited to cast their ballots on the following issues : - Standardisation of family...
The November issue of the WDD newsletter is on http://www.planet-thanet.fsnet.co.uk/groups/wdd/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Please circulate this seasonal appeal further. The basic idea of direct democracy, that a proposal supported by many shall be put to the whole electorate for...
Swiss style OR better? In order to get "Swiss style" (or even better!) democracy introduced in Britain we have to campaign for it. It will NOT simply "arrive"....
DEBATE: 4 PROPOSALS TO INTRODUCE CITIZENS' DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN EXPERTS RESPOND TO: Preliminary Proposals for the introduction of Elements of Direct ...
The June 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]...
Douglas Carswell, MP for Harwich and Clacton, is the first Member of Parliament in the UK to register and express his opinion with http://www.myverdict.net,...
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