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Juggling With Eggs<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Assemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assemble</span></a> issued a statement saying:</p><p>“Today’s action has been taken in support of the abolition of the House of Lords in favour of a House of the People – a new institution where any adult in the UK may be selected to serve, like a jury, to set the political agenda and balance the House of Commons. </p><p>This action mirrors one undertaken by Suffragettes on October 28th 1908, where they took direct action by raining handbills onto the House of Commons, demanding suffrage for women in the UK”</p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>Protestors from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Assemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assemble</span></a> have today stopped proceedings in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HouseOfLords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseOfLords</span></a>. They are an organisation that:</p><p>‘campaigns for the House of Lords to be abolished and replaced by a citizens’ assembly.</p><p>Citizens’ assemblies are selected by sortition, which means members of the public are picked at random via a lottery.</p><p>Supporters of this mechanism argue it means a more representative sample of the population are able to come together and debate important issues.’</p><p>PA Media</p>
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