Stories - United Kingdom

COLUMN: How the UK Lost Its Cities

Birmingham was once the world's best governed city. Now it's insolvent.

Better Than Cease Fire Statements?

Prospera island, Britain's insolvent local democracy, Sarajevo-Barcelona, Citizen Assembly heresies, a Lima...

Our Lost 'Civic Gospel'

The U.K.'s national elections obscure a local crisis.

Let the British people decide the outcome of Brexit

Two years and 144 days after the historic vote, London and Brussels have finally agreed draft terms for their...

What The World Can Learn From Sweden´s Lane Change

What happens when the people want to go in one direction, and the government wants to go in another. A new...

How To Cure A Democratic Hangover?

For #Regrexit-fans and other voters, who found themselves uninformed on a major decision, experiments in the...

"A democratic emergency call"

People2power Editor-in-Chief Bruno Kaufmann says the outcome of the Brexit-vote is "a democratic emergency...

The World of Modern Democracy in 2016

OUTLOOK: After a horrible 2015, the new year offers new and fascinating democratic opportunities - on all...