To replace the House of Lords with a permanent Citizen’s Assembly.

The anachronistic institutions of British politics are failing and neither referenda nor representative democracy gives a true voice to the people. A permanent Citizen’s Assembly as a replacement for the second chamber facilitated by a process of sortition would introduce real democracy.

This petition closed on 23 Oct 2019 with 17 signatures


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