Nottingham's new speakers' corner

摘要

It's an age-old problem... what can politicians do about the democratic deficit and declining public participation in the running of councils and communities? But a former MP has a new and surprising solution - politicians shouldn't blame themselves over the issue, but demand more debate from the population. So believes Peter Bradley, former MP for The Wrekin (Shropshire), whose dream of a national network of public debating places became real earlier this month with the launch of a speakers' corner, in Nottingham.