Convention UK

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Alex Sakalis is editor of Can Europe Make It?.

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A new Magna Carta? A constitution fit for the 21st century

Graham Allen 10 December 2014

The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta is an opportunity for reform that we must all seize.

Iceland shows that a UK constitutional convention should involve politicians as little as possible

Thorvaldur Gylfason 10 November 2014

The people of Iceland drafted a new constitution. But their parliament has essentially ignored it.

What can the UK learn from the Irish constitutional convention?

Iseult Honohan 8 October 2014

The Irish Constitutional Convention of 2013-14 provides some useful lessons for the UK.

Who are ‘the People’ in a People’s Constitutional Convention?

.David Owen 30 September 2014

Citizens must be included, of course, but what of non-resident citizens, or resident non-citizens, or non-resident non-citizens, or even the unborn?

How to design a constitutional convention for the UK

Alan Renwick 23 September 2014

There are numerous options for how to hold a convention. Let's not rush in and instead make sure we get the very best option for lasting democratic change in Britain. Here are some things to consider.

So what is a people’s constitutional convention?

Stuart White 19 September 2014

What exactly is a people's constitutional convention and does Labour's proposal meet those criteria?

Welcome to the Great Charter Debate

Stuart White 19 September 2014

Next year is the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Calls for a constitutional convention have now reached parliament. OurKingdom, IPPR, the politics departments of Oxford and Cambridge will together be hosting the Great Charter Debate - what would a new Magna Carta say, and what could a new constitutional settlement for Britain look like?