Erwin James, writing in The Guardian, thinks so, and it doing so, makes an important wider argument about why democracy matters - and how important inclusivity is.
“The lives of the people we imprison are usually unstable and dysfunctional, so much so that that few have ever experienced being involved in the democratic process. The consequent [...]
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There’s a really good, detailed bit of reporting here from Friday’s Guardian about the near-collapse of local newspapers in some areas.
The starting point that Stephen Moss chose was my old local paper when I was young - The Long Eaton Advertiser.
This bit stood out for me:
“For the older generation, these things matter. “They want to know [...]
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Here’s a radio programme about participatory budgeting in the UK. I’m not sure where it went out first (Tiago Peixoto pointed me towards it via Facebook).
It’s quite short and worth listening to just for the note of joy in a council officer’s voice when she says that people were asking for council tax [...]
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