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MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die | Rafael Behr In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisions, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Column, on a mishapen debate around assisted dying and how it could be done better. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die | Rafael Behr In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisions, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Great to talk to @rafaelbehr.bsky.social for his thoughtful piece on how public deliberation & #deliberativedemocracy can help tackle complex moral & political questions, such as assisted dying.

Well worth a read!

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@involveuk.bsky.social

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"Without new ways to navigate hard policy choices, enriching our collective capacity to talk about trade-offs and cost-benefit equations, politicians who govern in deference to facts and evidence will keep losing to demagogues campaigning on vibes of easy salvation."

MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die | Rafael Behr In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisions, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Great to talk to @rafaelbehr.bsky.social for his thoughtful piece on how public deliberation & #deliberativedemocracy can help tackle complex moral & political questions, such as assisted dying.

Well worth a read!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@involveuk.bsky.social

Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i) A new project to examine the impacts of climate assemblies in Europe and how this is influenced by their type of integration into the political system.

🚨🚨🚨 Job alert!

Paulina Pospieszna is hiring a postdoc to work on our Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact project.

Deadline is 21 November. Details of how to apply are on our website (scroll down to the We Are Hiring section): i4i-project.com

To rebuild trust, the Labour government has to start trusting the public to be part of making decisions.

It increasingly feels like there's an opportunity for Labour to turn its missions for government into *national missions* that large sections of the public feel part of.

Last week, I wrote a short piece on what they've done, why it's not enough & the change needed.

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Could involving citizens help unlock true English Devolution? With the Government’s English Devolution White Paper being published imminently, this paper sets out how involving people from all walks of life in decision making could unlock a more effective, fair ...

🔔 The Government’s English Devo White Paper is out soon.

✍️ Our new paper sets out how involving people from all walks of life in decisions could unlock a more effective, fair & democratic approach to devo in England.

Posting here, not just the other place...

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