| layout | published |
|---|---|
homepage |
true |
This is a project to create a new kind of politics. We're starting by writing a manifesto, but we want everyone to build it together. Click the button above to start reading, and click "Edit" at the top right to add your own ideas.
Everyone has ideas about the future - why not add yours? Perhaps you can see something on here you disagree with? Nothing on this site is set in stone - everything and anything is up for discussion, amending, or changing entirely. Your contribution doesn't have to be huge - everything helps!
We are currently not a registered political party, and do not know if we intend to become one, but we are aiming to have a complete-enough manifesto to be able to support candidates (either within a party or independent) in the 2015 general and local elections.
The current political landscape in the UK is not serving the public interest. There is not enough choice, little informed debate, and no challenge to the prevailing narrative. Those of us who believe in, and are working towards, a better future have nobody to represent us.
We believe that a better kind of government is possible; one based on openness, transparency, evidence, and citizen engagement. We believe that it is time for those of us who have a stake in the future to stand up, and change the system from the inside.
There are many people thinking about the new opportunities that the Internet brings to government; we aim to put some of those ideas into practice, and give people something to vote for, starting here.
- The Geek Manifesto by Mark Henderson
- It's Time To Step Up by James Smith
- Open-source governance on Wikipedia
- Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age by Steven Johnson
- The Bridge: How The Politics Of The Future Will Link The Vertical To The Horizontal by Uffe Elbæk & Neal Lawson
- Rebooting Democracy: A Citizen's Guide to Reinventing Politics by Manuel Arriaga
- The Courageous State: Rethinking Economics, Society and the Role of Government by Richard Murphy
- Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in World of Finite Resources by Rob Dietz, Dan O'Neill and Herman Daly
- The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
Most discussion takes place around proposed changes. See the list of open votes for information.
Some contributors hang around in the #openpolitics IRC channel, on irc.freenode.net. Feel free to drop by for discussion or help contributing!
You can also follow OpenPoliticsUK on Twitter (or the #openpolitics hashtag) for notifications of new votes, etc.