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Sortition Foundation @SortitionNow
Joined January 2015
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Could deliberative democracy solve many of the problems posed by social media companies and AI? ft.com/content/76de7546-171a…

Want to solve deepfakes? Ask citizens what to do

Assemblies can bridge the gap between people being treated as voters and consumers

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What's Andy Burnham's legacy for democracy in Greater Manchester? How about a Citizens' Assembly, bringing together ordinary people from across the region and giving everyone a chance for seat at the table? #UKPolitics #DeliberativeDemocracy #Democracy #Citizens
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Would Keir Starmer resist the corrupting influence of the Ring of Power? Watch to find out. 💍👇 Let's replace the House of Lords with a House of Citizens, brought together in fellowship, like a jury. Sign the petition today: 858.org.uk/house-of-citizens…
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The corrupting influence of the Ring of Power. Let's replace the House of Lords with a House of Citizens, brought together in fellowship, like a jury. Sign the petition today: 858.org.uk/house-of-citizens… #UKPolitics #HouseOfLords #Parody #Satire
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Recently Sortition Foundation brought together EU-level deliberative democracy practitioners for a workshop to assess the current practice of democratic lotteries and help shape the new OpenDLP platform. Learn more about this 2-day workshop on our blog: sortitionfoundation.org/fron…

Frontiers of Democratic Lotteries Workshop

Change Politics: Upgrade Democracy Now!

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Who do you think should appoint the board that selects the BBC director general? A citizens' assembly or politicians? ⁠ 858.org.uk/bbc_poll⁠ ⁠ #UKPolitics #BBC #Democracy⁠ Video credit @restispolitics
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Who do you trust? Politicians or ordinary people? crowdfunder.co.uk/p/scrap-th…
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Let’s bridge community divides and tackle the issues people care about most. Join @dhnnjyn in supporting our campaign for a rolling citizens’ assembly in Greater Manchester – step 1 of a UK-wide political upgrade. Join and donate at 858.org.uk/pledge
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Can you imagine tolerance and trust in politics? We and @AnthonyBarnett (@openDemocracy ) can! Join the movement to replace the Lords with a House of Citizens by pledging⁠ your support today: 858.org.uk/pledge #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKPolitics
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crowdfunder.co.uk/p/scrap-th…

Scrap the Lords: Citizens' Assemblies Now

Our politics is broken and people don’t trust the decisions our politicians make – but there is a better way.

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Hugh Pope@Hugh_Pope
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If you want to feel some constructive hope – not despair at the electoral (and over-entitled) systems that produce our floundering governments – take a closer look at this important campaign from @SortitionNow!
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“America in One Room” : A few years ago a representative sample of 500 US citizens came together to discuss politics, and many of them left that room transformed. Join the movement to bridge divides and bring people back together 858.org.uk/pledge youtube.com/watch?v=lrKD-N_q…
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The rising tide of citizens’ assemblies shows the way for political transformation and Ekaterina agrees! Join the movement NOW for a House of Citizens by pledging⁠ your support at 858.org.uk/pledge #deliberativedemocracy #democracy #CitizensAssembly #ukpolitics
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What do #Britain and #Iran have in common? It’s time to scrap the Lords and replace it with a permanent, rolling #citizensassembly now! JOIN the movement to upgrade our #democracy by pledging⁠ your support at 858.org.uk/pledge #DeliberativeDemocracy #UKPolitics
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We agree @Hugh_Pope ! Let’s upgrade politics for the 21st century with permanent and powerful citizens’ assemblies! Join the movement NOW by pledging⁠ your support at 858.org.uk/pledge #DeliberativeDemocracy #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKPolitics
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Did you know? Scotland’s first citizens’ assembly called overwhelmingly for a House of Citizens to be created in Scotland - it's our inspiration for replacing the Lords with a House of Citizens. Pledge⁠ your support at 858.org.uk/pledge youtube.com/watch?v=3cSqUa0t…
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EXPLAINED in 2 minutes: How we can fix our broken politics with a #HouseOfCitizens (a permanent and powerful #CitizensAssembly). Join the movement TODAY to upgrade our #democracy for the 21st century.⁠ Pledge⁠ your support at 858.org.uk/pledge youtube.com/watch?v=aITjkXKp…
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If only we could *trust* those making the decisions about how we live together!⁠ Luckily there is a way: with a permanent and powerful #CitizensAssembly. Join the movement TODAY to upgrade our #democracy for the 21st century.⁠ Pledge⁠ your support at 858.org.uk/pledge
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Amazing to get support from @Keke_Thom as we #CrowdFund to fix our broken politics with permanent and powerful regional assemblies and replace the out-of-touch #HouseOfLords with a #HouseOfCitizens. THANKS! Support us at 858.org.uk/pledge #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
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Thanks so much @MarineTanguyArt from @MTArtAgency for your support as we #CrowdFund to #GrowTheMovement to upgrade democracy by replacing the House of Lords with a House of Citizens. Support us at 858.org.uk/pledge #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKPolitics
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As we #crowdfund to #GrowTheMovement for permanent and powerful citizens’ assemblies, here's our Shocking Fact 9 about #UKPolitics and the #HouseOfLords. Scrap the Lords! Citizens’ Assemblies now! Support us at 858.org.uk/pledge #HouseOfLords #CitizensAssembly
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