[GJM] Gov. Papers: Communities empowered?

[robert searle]

May be of interest.

R.Searle


--- On Thu, 10/7/08, I&Rgb <info at iniref.org> wrote:

> From: I&Rgb <info at iniref.org>
> Subject: Gov. Papers: Communities empowered?
> To: press at iniref.org
> Date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008, 10:49 PM
> From The Times July 10, 2008
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/peter_riddell/article4305321.ece
> 
> Good, bad and plain daft ideas of power to people
> 
> "The real scope for direct democracy and participation
> is local, as
> described by Ms Blears, apart from the occasional
> referendum.
> Nationally, the priority is to reinvigorate representative
> democracy."
> 
> IandRgb comment ca. 19:00 10th July 2008 (only 300
> characters allowed in
> this public forum)
> 
> The Communities white paper states "Universal
> Declaration of Human
> Rights set out rights to ... take part in government
> “directly or
> through freely chosen representatives”". The right
> of an electorate to
> call a referendum is thus a basic component of democracy,
> denied by the
> Justice ministry.
> 
> I&R ~ GB Citizens' Initiative and Referendum
> Campaign for direct democracy in Britain
> http://www.iniref.org/


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