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ConstitutionUK

London School of Economics and Political Science

A collection of videos from ConstitutionUK, a unique project, where LSE"s IPA and Department of Law are coming together with the LSE Public Policy Group and Democratic Audit to pioneer the crowdsourcing of a new UK constitution.

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00:15:40

NetworkED: Harnessing the power of the 'Massive'...

ConstitutionUK ·

2016/01/08

Contributor(s): Peter Bryant, Professor Conor Gearty, Darren Moon, Paul Sullivan | In January 2015, the LSE launched an innovative civic engagement project, which aimed to crowd source the United Kingdom Constitution. One of the key intentions of the project was to leverage and magnify the power of the community and the ‘massive’ in order to empower participants to engage in debate, identify solutions and come to a common agreement about the need for and the content of a UK Constitution.

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00:07:56

ConstitutionUK: An LTI and IPA Collaboration [Video]

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2016/01/08

Contributor(s): Daniel Regan, Paul Sullivan, Professor Conor Gearty, Peter Bryant, Malte Werner, Chris Fryer, Darren Moon | In January 2015, the London School of Economics and Political Science launched an innovative civic engagement project which aimed to crowdsource a written constitution for the UK. The project employed a proven enterprise idea-management system, augmenting the core platform with a light-touch, flexible pedagogy and third-party social curation tools. Over 14 weeks, our innovative

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01:10:49

NetworkED: Harnessing the power of the 'Massive' [Video]

ConstitutionUK ·

2016/01/08

Contributor(s): Peter Bryant, Professor Conor Gearty, Darren Moon, Paul Sullivan | In January 2015, the LSE launched an innovative civic engagement project, which aimed to crowd source the United Kingdom Constitution. One of the key intentions of the project was to leverage and magnify the power of the community and the ‘massive’ in order to empower participants to engage in debate, identify solutions and come to a common agreement about the need for and the content of a UK Constitution.

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00:08:02

Constitutional Convention [Video]

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2015/06/03

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | On Wednesday 22nd April Constitution UK held its constitutional convention where Community champions, other members of the online community and facilitators joined together to distil the ideas on the Constitution UK website and turn them into clauses. After hours of debate they were joined by experts Sophia Cannon, Barrister; Paul Evans, Clerk of the journals, Parliament; Professor Tony Travers, Director of LSE London; Professor Emeritus Carol Harlow,

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00:18:28

Rights and duties: a constitutional conundrum -...

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2015/04/27

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Grant Clarke, Flick Drummond, Gerald Vernon Jackson, Mike Fitzgerald | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Portsmouth and asks Portsmouth residents Does Britain need a new Magna Carta? What should be the role of human rights in the constitution?

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00:18:24

Rights and duties: a constitutional conundrum -...

ConstitutionUK ·

2015/04/20

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Grant Clarke, Flick Drummond, Gerald Vernon Jackson, Mike Fitzgerald | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Portsmouth and asks Portsmouth residents Does Britain need a new Magna Carta? What should be the role of human rights in the constitution?

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00:07:31

Rights: what would you enshrine in a constitution?...

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2015/04/13

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Nona Buckley-Irvine | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs talks to Nona Buckley-Irvine, General Secretary at LSE’s Student Union about the rights we should put into a constitution. In particular they discuss the right to education and if in turn for rights, individuals have a duty to the state. Visit www.constitutionuk.com to review the ideas being discussed to form a new UK constitution.

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00:02:27

Refining the UK Constitution [Video]

ConstitutionUK ·

2015/04/01

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs launches the refining stage of the Constitution UK’s project to crowdsource a UK constitution.

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00:18:07

British values: real or elusive? - Part 1 [Video]

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2015/03/25

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Hannah Baker, Martin Dobson, Cllr Richard Kemp, Jackson Ng, John Sawyer | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Liverpool where we asked Liverpool residents what does it mean to be British? What are British values and how could they be written into a constitution?

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00:16:28

British values: real or elusive? - Part 2 [Video]

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2015/03/25

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Hannah Baker, Martin Dobson, Cllr Richard Kemp, Jackson Ng, John Sawyer | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Liverpool where we asked Liverpool residents what does it mean to be British? What are British values and how could they be written into a constitution?

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00:09:47

Is the future of democracy on the web? [Video]

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2015/03/13

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Nick Anstead | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs and Dr Nick Anstead, Assistant Professor, Media and Communications department discuss the relationship between the internet, the Government and politics. They discuss examples of institutions using the internet in the UK and Germany, the benefits and failures of these initiatives and how we can use the internet for meaningful political engagement.

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00:14:59

What does it mean to be a citizen? [Video]

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2015/03/10

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Dr Shakuntala Banaji | Professor Conor Gearty, Director, Institute of Public Affairs and Dr Shakuntala Banaji, Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications discuss different types of citizenship, what it means to be a citizen?, why are young people so disengaged and how can we entice them to become active citizens? Who defines what it means to be a good citizen?

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00:01:30

Constitution UK update – 2nd March [Video]

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2015/03/02

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides a summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for?

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00:13:11

A word with our facilitators [Video]

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2015/03/02

Contributor(s): Harry Blain, Imogen Galilee, Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty speaks to Harry Blain, Devolution facilitator and Imogen Galilee, Rights and Duties facilitator about the ideas they have seen develop on the platform and why should people get involved. All these issues form part of the Constitution UK project – an open internet forum to share ideas, debate topics and help shape new ways of thinking.

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00:18:26

Europe: in or out? The Debate - Part 2 [Video]

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2015/02/27

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Antonia Zenkevitch, Katharina Boettge, David Hollas, Mike Abiodun Olatokun, Cllr David Ellis | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Nottingham where we asked Nottingham residents should Europe be at the heart of our UK constitution? Listen to the public discussion on the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights. Do you agree with some of the comments made? Perhaps you have better ideas. Either way please have your say and

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00:26:06

Europe: in or out? The Debate - Part 1 [Video]

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2015/02/27

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Antonia Zenkevitch, Katharina Boettge, David Hollas, Mike Abiodun Olatokun, Cllr David Ellis | Professor Conor Gearty hosts Constitution UK's event in Nottingham where we asked Nottingham residents should Europe be at the heart of our UK constitution? Listen to the public discussion on the European Union and the European Convention of Human Rights. Do you agree with some of the comments made? Perhaps you have better ideas. Either way please have your say and

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00:50:46

Does Europe have a place in our constitution? [Video]

ConstitutionUK ·

2015/02/26

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, John Springford | Thursday 26th February we asked you to take part in a Live Q&A on Europe. Watch Professor Conor Gearty, Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law and John Springford, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform answer your questions on Europe.

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00:01:30

Constitution UK update – 23rd February [Video]

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2015/02/23

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, provides the latest summary of the ideas from the Constitution UK community. Are you at the top of the leaderboard?, is your idea gaining votes? If not, what are you waiting for? Join the debate.

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00:12:46

Parliament: how did we end up with what we have...

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2015/02/23

Contributor(s): Paul Evans, Professor Conor Gearty | Professor Conor Gearty talks to Paul Evans, Clerk of the Journals to discuss Parliament. Why do we have two chambers? How did we get the House of Lords? Why is the Monarch not allowed in the House of Commons? Is Parliament still sovereign? All these issues form part of the Constitution UK project – an open internet forum to share ideas, debate topics and help shape new ways of thinking. Don’t forget to follow the conversation online too by

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00:18:39

Constitution UK – What happens to your vote? [Video]

ConstitutionUK ·

2015/02/11

Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Simon Hix | Professor Conor Gearty, Director of LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs and Professor Simon Hix, Professor of European and Comparative Politics, LSE discussed the how your representatives get elected, why the political party you didn’t want can get become the government and what alternatives there are to the current system.

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