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Want to solve deepfakes? Ask citizens what to do Assemblies can bridge the gap between people being treated as voters and consumers

Could deliberative democracy solve many of the problems posed by social media companies and AI?
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We're hiring - Junior Organiser Change Politics: Upgrade Democracy Now!

We're hiring... Could you be Sortition Foundation's Junior Organiser in Greater Manchester?
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What's Andy Burnham's legacy for democracy in Greater Manchester? How about a Citizens' Assembly, bringing together ordinary people from across the region and giving everyone a chance at a seat at the table?

#UKPolitics #DeliberativeDemocracy #Democracy #Citizens

BBC Charter review must not ignore the views of audiences - Gvmt has to give UK public a democratic say on BBC's future

@scotnational.bsky.social report on our joint letter to Lisa Nandy with 20 groups incl. @campaignforthearts.org @vlvuk.bsky.social @involveuk.bsky.social @sortitionnow.bsky.social

The corrupting influence of the Ring of Power. Let's replace the House of Lords with a House of Citizens, brought together in fellowship, like a jury. Sign the petition today: www.858.org.uk/house-of-citizens-petition

The corrupting influence of the Ring of Power. Let's replace the House of Lords with a House of Citizens, brought together in fellowship, like a jury. Sign the petition today: www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit...

#UKPolitics #HouseOfLords #Parody #Satire

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🔔NEW REPORT: Today the Centre for Deliberative Democracy releases new research showing Australians favour a more engaged democracy. A survey of 4200 adults shows strong support for governments listening between elections and creating deliberative spaces for people to shape decisions. bit.ly/3KE7Lfw

Frontiers of Democratic Lotteries Workshop, Budapest, 25–26 November 2025 Change Politics: Upgrade Democracy Now!

Recently Sortition Foundation brought together EU-level deliberative democracy practitioners for a workshop to assess the current practice of democratic lotteries and help shape the new OpenDLP platform.
Learn more about this 2-day workshop on our blog:
www.sortitionfoundation.org/frontiers_of...

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...

Who do you think should appoint the board that selects the BBC director general? A citizens' assembly or politicians? ⁠
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#UKPolitics #BBC #Democracy⁠
Video credit @therestpolitics.bsky.social

Let’s bridge community divides and tackle the issues people care about most. Join @dhnnjyn.bsky.social in supporting our campaign for a rolling citizens’ assembly in Greater Manchester.

Join and donate at www.858.org.uk/pledge

#deliberativedemocracy #democracy #CitizensAssembly #manchester

Can you imagine tolerance and trust in politics? We and @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ( opendemocracy.net ) can!

Join the movement to replace the Lords with a House of Citizens by pledging⁠ your support today: 858.org.uk/pledge

#Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKPolitics

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...

As we #crowdfund to #GrowTheMovement for permanent and powerful citizens’ assemblies www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/scrap-the-... we're going to share 10 shocking facts about #UKPolitics and the #HouseOfLords.

Fact 10: What is the average age of members of the House of Lords?

Thanks #MarkRylance for sending us a message of support as we #CrowdFund to #GrowTheMovement to fix our broken politics with permanent and powerful citizens’ assemblies. Support us here: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/scrap-the-... #HouseofCitizens #UKPolitics #HouseOfLords #CitizensAssembly

As we #GrowTheMovement for permanent and powerful citizens’ assemblies, we’re sharing our favourite videos. ⁠#10 is about the UK CA on climate change. Even just the trailer is inspiring: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Help #GrowTheMovement today! 858.org.uk/pledge

For far too long, our political system has been run by a narrow slice of society who are out of touch with ordinary people like you, me and our neighbours.
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Chip in to the Crowdfunder to fix our broken system:⁠
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/scrap-the-...

Sounds like a citizens' assembly. We're campaigning for permanent and powerful citizens' assembly at every level of our democracy. Join the movement: www.858.org.uk

YouTube video by 858Project You can't sack a Lord. That's why we need to scrap them entirely

Starmer can sack Peter Mandelson US Ambassador, but he can't sack Lord Peter Mandelson who has a job for life making laws that affect all of us.

We need a House of Citizens to hold politicians to account.

Join now
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#ukpolitics

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It's not right that Lords should have less scrutiny than MPs.

They have a job for life in our parliament. It's time to do away with all of them and have a #HouseOfCitizens instead.
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People in a white room, one holds 2 thumbs up

A man and woman shake hands over a table

people sit around at able with markers and a map of Greater Manchester

People discuss while applying stickers to post it notes with ideas on.

The inaugural 858 Project community meeting, bringing together people from across 4 of Greater Manchester’s boroughs - Stockport, Manchester, Trafford and Salford.

To find out more about this great beginning, visit our blog: www.sortitionfoundation.org/our_home_our...

VIP contract introduced by Tory peer left government owed £24m DHSC rejected as ‘unusable’ PPE supplied by company linked to Lord Chadlington, which later went bust

We need to scrap the House Of Lords now. #HoiseOfCitizens
www.858.org.uk

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YouTube video by 858Project Lord: "We are not legitimate"

During the debate on hereditary Lords, Labour life peer Lord Hunt called for further reform of the House of Lords, calling current Lords illegitimate.
#ukpolitics #HouseOfCitizens #DeliberativeDemocracy #HouseOfLords
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YouTube video by 858Project A quick word from Lord Landlordington

Is it fair that Landlords get more of a say over renters' rights than the rest of us?
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#rentersrights #HouseofLords #renters #858Project #ukpolitics #citizensassembly #HouseOfCitizens #democracy #shorts

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House of the People - National Lottery If you think regular people would do a better job of running the country than politicians, enter the lottery for a seat in the House of the People.

A very interesting #citizensassembly model in the #UK:

houseofthepeople.uk

Thanks @Lewis of the @climatemajority.bsky.social Climate Majority Project

Do you trust these Landlord Lords to make laws about Renters' Rights?... Probably not.
If you'd rather have a House of Citizens, sign the petition now:
www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit...

#shorts #ukpolitics #HouseOfLords #HouseOfCitizens

Graphic showing members of a citizens' assembly with text: 858 Project, Greater democracy for Greater Manchester: GM Assembly campaigning meeting

It’s time for us to build greater democracy for Greater Manchester. Join people from across Manchester, Stockport, Trafford and Salford on Mon 4th Aug, 6:30-8:30pm, at Friend’s Meeting House to discuss putting the power in ordinary people’s hands.

RSVP: tinyurl.com/43km7x3e

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What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people? If you think democracy is broken, here's an idea: let's replace politicians with randomly selected people. Author and activist Brett Hennig presents a compelling case for sortition democracy, or rando...

Brett Hennig of @sortitionnow.bsky.social makes a case for sortition, the random selection of government officials — a system that entrusts ordinary people with making decisions for the greater good of everyone: