We’re growing!
7th August 2015
Member snapshot as of today. 47,373 answers 838 people That's an average of 57 votes per person. Not bad when you realise that you'll only vote 14 times in general elections. ...
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Successful participatory democracy experiment is actually quite boring
5th August 2015
A common first reaction to the idea of more participative democracy is that dangerous and radical things will happen - ie the "we'll bring back hanging" cliché. So it is that I love this finding an experiment by our friends at...
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Good things to read
3rd August 2015
Inspired by the #SummerOfTech alternative summer reading list for MPs (and everyone) here are our picks, and some other good things we've been reading here at Represent. Our favourites: More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First by Steve Hilton Blueprint for a Revolution...
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Things we’ve been reading recently
11th June 2015
25% of Estonians electoral votes are cast online. Laws have been updated to address the issues of privacy, security and trust, without reverting to isolation and protectionism. Manuel Arriaga, author of the excellent Rebooting Democracy discusses the possibility of a "Citizen's Chamber" as an...
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This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind
18th May 2015
via Bloomberg There are two main points to take from this graph. 1. Change is happening faster - that much is obvious. 2. Compassion is changing. This one's a little harder to discern, but either: a) Our 'circle of compassion' is expanding to include more...
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8 ways online democracy changes everything.
8th May 2015
The chances are you’re not going to get the MP you voted for — but that might not matter for very much longer. There is a quiet revolution taking place in democracy, bringing new thinking to how we take decisions together. For the...
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Can you help? Are you in a group which wants more people involved in decisions?
6th May 2015
What we're looking for: We'd like to hear from groups who can help us test and improve our new features for decision making within an interest group. Examples include: Businesses who want to engage employees in decisions and get ideas from across a large...
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7 steps to a political system we can all be proud of
8th April 2015
One of the worst things about elections is that we all go along with a lie which none of us believe: "This is the best we can do." We can do far better, and if you’ve ever shouted at the radio...
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5 Predictions for the 2020 General Election
3rd April 2015
1. It may not be in 2020. The outcome of the 2015 elections is not going to be a stable parliament. The coalition leaders are not acquainted to working as effective, mixed teams; and the media will insist on reporting division and personality. This, coupled...
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We’re for .everyone
30th March 2015
You may have read Martha Lane-Fox's call for: A new institution could be the catalyst we need to shape the world we want to live in and Britain’s role in that world. Today, we’re letting big commercial technology platforms shape much...
Read MoreThe future of Digital Social Innovation in Europe
12th March 2015
It's rather long (4h16m!) but this broadcast of the conference from Brussels last month contains some gems about the barriers, opportunities, and trends in how social innovation in Europe is scaling and failing. (If the embed doesn't work, try the link...
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How to make important decisions: locally, regionally, globally.
4th March 2015
Represent exists to map the world's opinions and values so that we might find better ways of working together for the greater good. But if we're to represent people globally, we are going to need some really good maps and really clever...
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Do health messages work?
4th March 2015
So this is interesting. We're quite young (just 3 weeks) so we don't have that much in the way of big numbers that we can point to and confidently say "THAT, my friends, is a FACT!" But in spite of that, just...
Read MoreThe New Extraordinary
13th February 2015
There’s a lot of chat about the ‘new normal’. That’s good news for two reasons. First, pointing at once-radical ideas and saying ‘huh, that’s normal now’ helps us see and believe in change. Not only does that help us get over...
Read MoreDemocracy: process or project?
20th January 2015
For #democracyday on the BBC this morning, Professor Michael Sandel hosted a lively debate about whether democracy works. He summed up by drawing a difference between democracy as process and democracy as project. Instead of conversations around first past the post...
Read More2015 will see the creation of new political parties organised in radically different ways
5th January 2015
Lovely prediction from Nesta that new politics will take root in the UK this year has it has across the rest of the world in the last few years. We’re hoping to be a part of that. This is going to...
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