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🚨We'll shortly be starting our Conservative party conference event with Sir John Curtice on the public opinion trends shaping our politics. Also joining us will be democracy experts Miriam Levin & Sarah Castell🗣️ Details on where to find us⬇️ Livestream link to follow📺


"For the first two years of this Parliament the Conservatives were never consistently behind in the polls. "Then two things happened: Owen Patterson and Partygate." 🗣️Sir John Curtice What UK Thinks: EU Join us here📺youtube.com/live/h9aZK8NjW…


What UK Thinks: EU Engage Britain Sarah Castell involve Join us here⬇️ youtube.com/live/h9aZK8NjW…

What UK Thinks: EU Engage Britain Sarah Castell involve "The public in the UK feel that something is wrong with the political process. "They don't feel empowered to improve or change it. They still have faith in democracy, but there's a long term decline in trust." 🗣️Sarah Castell


What UK Thinks: EU Engage Britain Sarah Castell involve "The public don't feel they have a seat at the table. "They don't trust politicians. They don't see people like them making the big decisions. It's something which pervades our culture and pervades the way people think about our society." 🗣️Miriam Levin

"'People are complex. They have differing opinions, but that's OK. It's just about providing them with opportunities and spaces to work through them." 🗣️Miriam Levin


Miriam Levin "To make real change we need those with power to create opportunities for others to get involved. "We have to find the politicians who are open to involving people in decisions that affect our everyday lives & interested in finding consensus." 🗣️Miriam Levin

Thank you to all those who joined us for this evening's excellent discussion w/ Sir John Curtice (What UK Thinks: EU), Miriam Levin & Sarah Castell👍 We'll be back with three events tomorrow. Details below. Livestream links will be shared on here 📺 demos.co.uk/blogs/join-dem…

🚨Join Demos at Labour party conference. Our opening event will feature polling expert Sir John Curtice, where we'll be discussing where public opinion is on Labour. 🗣️Pippa Crerar, Sarah Castell, Miriam Levin & Jessica Garland You can also join us live on YouTube📺


Join us at next week's #TeachingCafe as George Bolton shares the importance of collaborations to #DemocraticInnovation + key learnings from the Collaboration Guide! Check out the guide here: participediaproject.medium.com/a-guide-for-ac… And listen to his Just Participation ep: linktr.ee/justparticipat…


George Bolton Just Participation Engage Britain Politics at Southampton Democracy Now! 📢Register here to join in on the conversation: eventbrite.ca/e/teaching-caf…

Next week's #TeachingCafe will feature Patti Garcia from Engage Britain as they share reflections on the new Collaboration Guide from a practitioner's perspective! ➡️Register: eventbrite.ca/e/teaching-caf… 💡And check out the awesome work of Engage Britain: engagebritain.org
