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The People’s Plan for Nature is a curious case study in green groups ‘guiding’ democracy for their own ends

The National Trust, RSPB and WWF have published recommendations for protecting nature by the UK-wide citizens' assembly. See the full story.

Mental Health is an issue affecting every community - Peter Sheridan, Co-operation Ireland

Algorithm ensures fairer selection of citizens’ assemblies

Math helps to randomly select the fairest citizens’ assemblies since antiquity

A new campaign is under way not just for a second chamber for Holyrood, but a second chamber filled with ordinary people selected like a jury. Is…

I HAVE just learned of a group named the Herefordshire Citizens’ Climate Assembly, convened by Herefordshire Council (HCC) to advise on council…

I WRITE in response to the letter from Christopher Bailey in the February 24, edition of your paper.

This week on War & Peace, Olya Oliker and Hugh Pope talk to Brett Hennig, president and founder of the Sortition Foundation, about how randomly selected citizens’ assemblies could revolutionise democratic governance and facilitate peacemaking in conflict zones.

THOUSANDS have backed a call for Scotland to set up a new House of Citizens to hold Holyrood to account, which would be in “stark contrast” to…