Democratic Audit UK

Our book “The UK’s Changing Democracy” covers elections, parties, parliament, cabinet, civil service, devolution, local government & policies with 34 top authors. It’s free to get the whole book or any chapter. press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/e/1… Many thanks to 18,000+ downloaders so far

Everyone involved with him at Democratic Audit and LSE joins Manchester colleagues in mourning the death of Professor David Beetham, a great loss to UK political science

David Beetham, one of the UK's nicest and most talented and influential political philosophers has sadly died. David was the intellectual powerhouse of Democratic Audit in applying normative political theory to fix exactly what's needed for democracy. See press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/e/1…

Happy polling day! 18,000 polling places are open today. 5,600 halls 3,900 places of worship 3,300 schools 350 libraries 230 scout huts 190 pubs 110 car parks 35 Rugby Clubs 20 Fire stations 7 Hairdressers 1 Dog training club And many more! What's yours? WhereDoIVote.co.uk

Owen Paterson: the government sought to derail a respected process for regulating parliamentary conduct while justifying its actions in terms of natural justice | By @LizDavidBarrett blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

Elections as we know it are about to change. The #ElectionsBill will make photo ID compulsory to vote. Millions of people don't have photo ID! If this goes ahead they will be locked out of democracy. Join us #HandsOffOurVote Watch, sign up & share 👉 handsoffourvote.org

The #ElectionsBill is one of the most important pieces of legislation to be proposed in the history of British democracy. But parts of the bill are a direct threat to the integrity of elections are democracy. 🧵

Votes at 16 in Wales: both a historic event and a long-term process that requires a commitment to supporting young people’s democratic education blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

#HandsOffOurVote spoke with @BigIssue's @hannahjtw about why the government should scrap the photo ID requirement for voters: "It’s so important that you help [people in vulnerable positions] to vote though, rather than making it more difficult.” bigissue.com/latest/politic…

On the Elections Bill, a modest proposal to reform the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission from me in this blog @ElectoralCommUK @PolicyNCL @HaSSResNCL @NclPolitics @psaepop @MichelaPalese @TobySJames @ElectIntegrity @AEA_Elections blogs.ncl.ac.uk/alistairclark/…

Mandatory voter ID would dangerously undermine UK democracy | Jess Garland theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Five things we have learnt about England’s voter ID trials in the 2019 local elections blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

6th May is voting day across the UK 🗳️🇬🇧! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Parliament 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Senedd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Locals 🏅 Mayors 🏙️ London Assembly Find what #Elections are on where you live at democraticdashboard.com #LocalElections2021 #MayorElection #ScottishElections2021 #Vote

What happens when politicians trust the public to make good decisions? Read Katie Knobloch’s post on #deliberativedemocracy on the @DemoraticAudit, drawing on her research with @michaelbarthel & @jgastil: ow.ly/aPcV50vTJPJ Full article available in @PolStudies

What if the #TrumpImpeachment trial would have been led by randomly selected citizens instead of partisan politicians? Read @Rikki_Dean's ideas of a participatory impeachment and other forms of counter governance on the #agora blog 👉 deliberativehub.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/can…

IMPORTANT ELECTION INFO: Govt changes the rules in England to allow emergency proxy voting for anyone self isolating as a result of coronavirus. Anyone in this position will be able to appoint a proxy to vote for them up to 5pm on the day of poll. gov.uk/government/new…

Join us Thursday 25th at 6pm for webinar on #proportionalrepresentation with @UnlockDemocracy & @Radix_UK! Chair Jo Phillips will be joined by @thomasbrake of Unlock Democracy and our founder @PiersB01 to discuss PR and youth engagement. Register now: radixuk.org/events/would-p…

🔢We've already collected over 1,500 candidates standing in the May elections across England, Scotland, and Wales. Do you hold information we don't? Add it at candidates.democracyclub.org.uk

Requiring voter ID in British elections suggests the government is adopting US ‘voter suppression’ tactics democraticaudit.com/2019/10/16/req…

Is there such thing as a UK democracy sector? Does it work? @j0e_m, founder of @democlub, discusses why democracy in the UK needs to be defended and strengthened to deal with the challenges ahead. thersa.org/blog/2021/02/u…

EVENT TOMORROW: What are the current threats to America's democracy? Register now for our online event, 'The Recurring Crises of American Democracy', 6-7pm GMT with @r_lieberman and @SuzanneMettler1. Link to register: buff.ly/2Ylpa0D #LSECOVID19