Publications by: Andreas Whittam Smith
Andreas Whittam Smith

Andreas Whittam Smith

Founder of Democracy 2015 and Founding Editor of The Independent

How public participation can change politics

British professional politicians are seen as excessively short term in outlook, secretive by nature and arguably unfit for making and carrying though the big decisions that government requires. They are also viewed as having a hold over public life in Britain, which is the reason for the newly formed movement – Democracy 2015 , which