Starmer can sack Peter Mandelson US Ambassador, but he can't sack Lord Peter Mandelson who has a job for life making laws that affect all of us. We need a House of Citizens to hold politicians to account. Join now www.858.org.uk #ukpolitics youtube.com/shorts/QnyL0...

It's not right that Lords should have less scrutiny than MPs. They have a job for life in our parliament. It's time to do away with all of them and have a #HouseOfCitizens instead. www.858.org.uk

The inaugural 858 Project community meeting, bringing together people from across 4 of Greater Manchester’s boroughs - Stockport, Manchester, Trafford and Salford. To find out more about this great beginning, visit our blog: www.sortitionfoundation.org/our_home_our...

We need to scrap the House Of Lords now. #HoiseOfCitizens www.858.org.uk www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

During the debate on hereditary Lords, Labour life peer Lord Hunt called for further reform of the House of Lords, calling current Lords illegitimate. #ukpolitics #HouseOfCitizens #DeliberativeDemocracy #HouseOfLords youtube.com/shorts/MMi6N...

Is it fair that Landlords get more of a say over renters' rights than the rest of us? www.858.org.uk #rentersrights #HouseofLords #renters #858Project #ukpolitics #citizensassembly #HouseOfCitizens #democracy #shorts www.youtube.com/shorts/2BVZx...

A very interesting #citizensassembly model in the #UK: houseofthepeople.uk Thanks @Lewis of the @climatemajority.bsky.social Climate Majority Project

Do you trust these Landlord Lords to make laws about Renters' Rights?... Probably not. If you'd rather have a House of Citizens, sign the petition now: www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit... #shorts #ukpolitics #HouseOfLords #HouseOfCitizens

It’s time for us to build greater democracy for Greater Manchester. Join people from across Manchester, Stockport, Trafford and Salford on Mon 4th Aug, 6:30-8:30pm, at Friend’s Meeting House to discuss putting the power in ordinary people’s hands. RSVP: tinyurl.com/43km7x3e

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort... Help us to reach our target goal and share with others. Thanks!

Brett Hennig of @sortitionnow.bsky.social makes a case for sortition, the random selection of government officials — a system that entrusts ordinary people with making decisions for the greater good of everyone:

52 everyday citizens, chosen by lottery, will help redefine the future of arts and creativity across the West of England www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerse... #DeliberativeDemocracy #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #UKArts

Why the Lords doesn't serve Greater Manchester. We need a citizens' assembly. www.858.org.uk/citizens_ass... youtube.com/shorts/Va4dd... #shorts #UKPolitics #Democracy #GreaterManchester #858Project #OurHomeOurSay

💡 Citizens of the North West trust their fellow citizens way more than politicians. Just one in 10 actually trust politicians to tell the truth! Read more in this great piece by @josephtiman.bsky.social for @manchestereveningnews.co.uk ‬ 👇 www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Join Australia’s leading voices on democracy reform at the national conference: ‘Citizen Assemblies - Policy without Politics’ Saturday 14 June 2025 | 📍 Woodville Town Hall, SA. Real stories. Real solutions. Real participation. See cafsa.org.au/conf for details and registration

Reform & trust 📊 New YouGov polling on trust commissioned by @sortitionnow shows people who voted Reform n the 2024 General Election trust citizen assembly members more, and members of parliament less, than other voter groups www.858.org.uk #HouseOfCitizens #UKPolitics

📢 We're hiring! Join Demos as a #Researcher in our Participation and #Policy Team. Are you passionate about social change, democracy, and innovative #policymaking? Want to turn big ideas into action and be part of a dynamic, purpose-driven team? 🖊️ Apply today ⬇️ ⏳ Deadline 1st June #ThinkTankJobs

"Sortition is not perfect, but it is far closer to this ideal than what we have. By eliminating career politicians, sortition simultaneously curtails corruption and increases representation." harvardpolitics.com/sortition-in... @sortitionnow.bsky.social

📢 〰️ Introducing ‘Waves’: a ground breaking new trial of digital #democracy that puts communities at the centre of local decision-making. Led by Demos, this €1 million project will use #AI-powered tech to help people tackle tough local issues together - faster, fairer, and with real impact.

Wait for it.. @elliechowns.bsky.social was told by MPs that Citizens' Assemblies would mean shirking her 'responsibility for difficult decisions' as an elected rep. So she gives MPs a lesson in democracy. 👏

. @labourlewis.bsky.social "proposed a Water Bill, which, if passed, would launch a representative citizens’ assembly to determine the future of the sector, following years of large dividends and bonuses being taken out of the system by privatised water firms." bylinetimes.com/2025/03/31/m...

Protesters from @Time_To_Assemble disrupted the House of Lords to demand a House of the People. Listen to their spokesperson Bertie Coyle speaking about why they took action. youtube.com/shorts/NyYfU... #UKPolitics #HouseOfLords #858Project

They're right, a Lords based on Prime Ministerial patronage has no place in modern society. We must scrap the "Indefensible" (Keir Starmer's word) House of Lords and replace it with a #HouseOfCitizens Sign the petition today 👇 www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit... #858Project

Who could have predicted it? Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Maybe we should scrap the House Of Lords and create a House of Citizens who don't have massive, undeclared, conflicts of interests. www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit...

Who would you fire? www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit... #858Project #ukpolitics #citizensassembly #democracy #HouseOfCitizens

Who would you fire? www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit... #858Project #ukpolitics #citizensassembly #democracy #HouseOfCitizens

Our Home Our Say For politics to work for people like us it has to involve people like us. www.youtube.com/shorts/L-5mG... Sign the petition for a Citizens' Assembly for Greater Manchester: www.858.org.uk/citizens_ass... #ukpolitics #deliberativedemocracy #858Project

Who do you trust more, Lords or Citizens? Watch to see why I've just signed a petition calling for a House of Citizens: bsky.app/profile/sort...

84% of Brits feel powerless over local decisions, & most believe community power is key to restoring trust - new Opinium polling for the campaign We're Right Here. Vast majority of Brits say they have ‘not much' or 'no’ say over choices affecting their community: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Throwback to our campaign launch to #CleanUpPolitics at the #DNSummit25 last Friday with our amazing panel - Anya from @compinpolitics.bsky.social, Alastair from @sortitionnow.bsky.social, Moussa from @corganisers.bsky.social and Glen from Marsh Farm. 👏

We at @sortitionnow.bsky.social are hiring for a community manager in Manchester. For full details see www.sortitionfoundation.org/job_communit...

Less than one month to go - book your tickets for the 2025 Democracy Network summit now! 🗓️February 28th, Sheffield Hallam University Tickets below 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/democracy-...

A key objective of the European Commission is the stronger citizen participation in its democratic processes and policies. In this vein, the Commission has established European Citizens’ Panels as a regular feature of democratic life in the EU.

Throughout February, with the help of our SORT-EU partner network from across the EU, we're running a democratic lottery to select people for the next European Citizens' Panel on "a new European budget fit for our ambition." Read more on our blog: www.sortitionfoundation.org/ecp_eu_budge...

Expanding airports are not a silver bullet for economic growth - and the damage it would incur is massive. @chaitanyakumar in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tim Newark writing in the Daily Express doesn't seem to understand what a citizens' assembly is. It's not a quango, it's more like a jury and it can't be "stuffed with eco-zealots" because its members are selected by democratic lottery, unlike the #HouseOfLords. www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Satire but not satire.

So what is 'sortition' anyway? If you'd like to see the the House of Lords replaced by a House of Citizens selected by sortition, sign the petition now: www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit... #HouseOfCitizens #UKPolitics #DeliberativeDemocracy #Democracy #Citizens

What is the 858 Project? www.858.org.uk #UKPolitics #858Project

The people-powered movement for a House of Citizens to replace the House of Lords gathered pace in 2024, today we have a look back as well prepare to step up the campaign in 2025.

Labour MP Fabian Hamilton is on a Bright Blue panel event on Lords reform. Shaun Bailey - a Tory peer - just asked a Q defending Lords. Hamilton replies: "Lord Bailey...I don't think anybody has the right to become a legislator, especially people who enable governments and governance to take place"

Today is the last day to invite your MP to our Westminster event put on with @electoralreform.bsky.social. Ask your MP to put on record what they think should be done about the House of Lords & whether they support a House of Citizens. Email them now: actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

For this week's #RealBritain column @roswynnejones.bsky.social speaks to Britain's youngest peer Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, Carmen Smith (@carmensmith.bsky.social) & the Sortition Foundation (@sortitionnow.bsky.social) about how we could do democracy better. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

A #HouseOfCitizens is the upgrade to democracy we need, not just tinkering around the edges of the indefensible Lords. www.858.org.uk

Watch this explainer to find out how a House of Citizens would work: youtu.be/aITjkXKpkW4?... It's been over 858 years since we first held juries, it's time to finish the job. Find out more on our website: www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit... . #HouseOfLords #DeliberativeDemocracy #UKPolitics #858Project

We've made a starter pack of some people and organisations promoting public participation through sortition, deliberative democracy and citizens' assemblies. Get following: go.bsky.app/7pp3mDu

“We’re calling on the government to deliver on its manifesto promise of a proper consultation on the future of the Lords, including via a representative citizens’ assembly, to let the people decide who should be holding politicians to account” Letter to Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Come on Labour Party, it's time to turn the House of Lords into a House of Citizens - with random selection like a citizens' assembly or jury! Let's put citizens back into the heart of democracy. @bigissue.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

Who do you trust more to make important decisions about your life? Lords or Citizens? #858Project #HouseOfCitizens Sign the petition now: www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit... youtu.be/-BfgkDJJ6Fs