Democratic Audit UK

LSE-based Democratic Audit blogs and reports on the state of democracy and freedom in the UK and globally. | See also @democraticdash

[Democratic Audit UK @democraticaudit]

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. https://t.co/vcm0zaYfYY
Many thanks to 18,000+ downloaders so far

[Patrick Dunleavy @PJDunleavy]

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

[Patrick Dunleavy @PJDunleavy]

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 https://t.co/NCGE36Ab4Y

[Democracy Club @democlub]

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?
https://t.co/Xy4uh1cNmt

[LSE British Politics and Policy @LSEpoliticsblog]

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 https://t.co/SNQynWCVPf

[#HandsOffOurVote @HandsOffOurVote]

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 👉 https://t.co/3KRsIptvNK

[Professor Toby James @TobySJames]

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.

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[Democratic Audit UK @democraticaudit]

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
https://t.co/gYM6b8ShuW

[#HandsOffOurVote @HandsOffOurVote]

#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.” https://t.co/uSEsY03Qin

[Alistair Clark @ClarkAlistairJ]

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

https://t.co/BwRNyXSO59

[Democratic Audit UK @democraticaudit]

Mandatory voter ID would dangerously undermine UK democracy | Jess Garland https://t.co/ZWiOAkuXUU

[LSE British Politics and Policy @LSEpoliticsblog]

Five things we have learnt about England’s voter ID trials in the 2019 local elections
https://t.co/4t0UdQhjoo

[Democratic Dashboard 🗳 @DemocraticDash]

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 https://t.co/kvB4ll4U6D

#LocalElections2021 #MayorElection #ScottishElections2021 #Vote

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

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: https://t.co/M3Ra2jI1zi

Full article available in @PolStudies

[Participatory & Deliberative Democracy @ PSA @PSAdemocracy]

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 👉 https://t.co/eCkkXpQF7p

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

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. https://t.co/ure0BZBXV4

[Politika @politikaorg]

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:
https://t.co/WnoSmASyRA

[Democracy Club @democlub]

🔢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 https://t.co/XdWY0B6KOS

[Democratic Audit UK @democraticaudit]

Requiring voter ID in British elections suggests the government is adopting US ‘voter suppression’ tactics https://t.co/FxBgTHLVcF

[The Royal Society of Arts @theRSAorg]

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. https://t.co/wpnXC0W0EL

[LSE Phelan US Centre @LSE_US]

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: https://t.co/q2EJqwPYSN

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