On Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October, The Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland kicked off at the Grosvenor Hotel in Edinburgh, with one hundred people from across the country meeting for the first time. The Assembly...
Posted 25 Nov 2019
Kings Auditorium, King's College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB34 3FX
On the 26th and 27th October 100 of Scotland’s citizens met to begin the six-month process of deliberating on the...
The Electoral Reform Society have welcomed the first meeting of Scotland’s Citizens’ Assembly taking place this weekend [1] – and urged politicians and the public to engage with it ‘with open minds’.
Posted 25 Oct 2019
This piece is a guest post from Conor Black. Conor is a former student of the University of Glasgow who wrote his MRes dissertation on ‘Mini-Publics in the Deliberative System’. The first meeting of the...
Posted 22 Oct 2019
For most of the 20th century, every election in Scotland was conducted under the First Past the Post system, from elections of MPs to local councillors. Much like in the rest of the UK, this...
Posted 05 Sep 2019
How do you ensure the recently-announced Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland is open and transparent while protecting the participants from hostility and excess lobbying? How do you ensure it is independent of government – but also that it...
Posted 17 Jul 2019
It’s clear that there is a growing appetite for a new kind of democracy, after hundreds gathered on Monday evening to debate plans for a Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland. At a sold-out panel Q&A hosted...
Posted 10 Jul 2019
"Citizens' assemblies have broken into the mainstream, as people look for new ways of doing democracy and challenging the crises we face."
Posted 09 Jul 2019
Next Monday, the firing gun will be started on the Scottish Government’s plans for a ‘Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland’. Hundreds will gather to discuss what this might look like, what it might involve, and how...
Posted 05 Jul 2019
Statement from Electoral Reform Society Scotland. Contact mediaoffice@electoral-reform.org.uk / 07794728820 for more info. Spokespeople available for comment/interview. Event: Monday 8th July, Room G1, Patersons Land, University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh. EH8 8AQ 6pm-8pm. Journalists can RSVP to...
Posted 01 Jul 2019