British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
'The New British Constitution': Democracy and Participation
A British Academy Forum held on 26 October 2009, to discuss the extent to which recent constitutional reforms have addressed issues of democratic participation.
Transcript of the discussion (286kb pdf | 29pp)
The Forum was chaired by Professor Conor Gearty (London School of Economics).
The opening discussants were Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP (Leader of the Liberal Democrats Party), and Dr Tony Wright MP (Labour MP for Cannock Chase).
List of participants
Anthony Barnett, openDemocracy
Charlie Beckett, London School of Economics
Professor Vernon Bogdanor, FBA, University of Oxford
Rt Hon Nick Clegg, MP
Robert Doubleday, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
Zena Elmahrouki, Policy Adviser to Nick Clegg MP
Professor Justin Fisher, Brunel University
Professor Andrew Gamble, FBA, University of Cambridge
Professor Conor Gearty, London School of Economics
Dr Simon Griffiths, British Academy
Sir Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Professor Ron Johnston, FBA, University of Bristol
Professor George Jones, London School of Economics
Peter Kellner, YouGov
Michael Kenny, Institute for Public Policy Research
Martin Kettle, The Guardian
Professor Anthony King, University of Essex
Jill Kirby, Centre for Policy Studies
Professor Andrew Le Sueur, Queen Mary, University of London
Guy Lodge, Institute for Public Policy Research
Professor Iain McLean, FBA, University of Oxford
Lord Morgan, FBA, University of Oxford
Dr Colm O’Cinneide, University College London
Vijay Rangarajan, Ministry of Justice
Richard Reeves, Demos
Peter Riddell, The Times and Institute for Government
Judith Simpson, Clerk of the Privy Council
Professor Paul Whiteley, University of Essex
Dr Tony Wright, MP