A Citizen's Convention to discuss an issue of great importance is an interesting idea - certainly not representative democracy as we knew it, but as we are seeing in many countries - and the UK and the US are worrying examples - democracy is being smothered to death, by interference in the democratic process - not just by hostile regimes, who have their own fears of democracy - but through the influence of massive amou
What do you think?
Then there are the proposals themselves - what do you think of them?
Both questions deserve to be discussed - and while I'd love to hear from you through - it's more important that you discuss with your friends, family, co-workers, and with and within political parties.
Could France have some ideas that could be used in the UK and USA? - both on procedure and policy?
Today, the Guardian reported -

The measures were announced just hours after environmental candidates sparked a green wave across France with major gains in local elections in which the president’s governing party failed to make its mark.
At a meeting with members of the Citizens’ Commission for the Climate – a committee of 150 randomly chosen French people that reported back after a nine-month deliberation last week – Macron promised extra funding and strong measures.
He said he accepted all but three of the 149 recommendations put forward by the commission.