‘How to fix British democracy?

’ (3rd January 2021)

Another recent talk by David on democracy: does it make sense to
talk about fixing British democracy, and if so, how? David
discusses electoral reform, institutional change and he returns to the
question of votes for children.
Questions you
have

3:40 - How does

‘winner’s consent’
interfere with attempts
to ‘fix’ democracy?

4:40 – What examples

does David give for why
the UK has gone
‘unreformed’ in the
past decade?

7:03 – Does David think

democracy can be
fixed? What example
does he use to show
the complexity of the
question?

20:20 – Where do you

stand on the idea of
offering the vote to 6
year olds?

24:58 – What two

future crises does David
think will trigger a
chance to experiment
with UK democracy?

Glossary 3 takeaway ideas:

Citizen’s Assembly: a body formed from citizens to debate 1.
and discuss national issues
2.
Gerrymandering: manipulating constituency boundaries to
favour a party 3.