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19 September 2014

Why it’s time for a People’s Convention to draw up a new constitution for our country

Politicians and ordinary people coming together in town hall meetings up and down the land should shape a new constitution.

By Natalie Bennett

After nearly a century of inaction on constitutional change at Westminster, British political parties are now falling over themselves in the race to offer new arrangements for the governance of the United Kingdom.

But what’s entirely lacking is serious thought about how we decide what to do.

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