Here are the expectations which people posted up just before the start of the London Assembly for Democracy in May 2015

• To learn how democracy can be achieved in an era of huge inequality and centralised power
• To explore how existing networks (housing, workers, climate, etc) are working together
• Meet people wanting to change things
• To understand more about the current political context and hear some
• Alternative ideas regarding economic and political policies
• I’m setting up a non-profit incubator for civic tech. Looking for projects @edsaperia
• How democracy works and how it should work 🙂
• Is it time to abandon Churchillian democracy and replace it with a representative parliament with members selected on the same basis as jurors?? Jasper Tomlinson
• Online micro-volunteering to make elections better 🙂 Democracyclub.org.uk
• I want to see how it is done
• Hear others’ views and feelings about the nature and activities of democracy (Jonathan Wilson)
• Explore and understand democracy with like-minded people
• Network, make connections and new relationships and build solidarity
• To refocus on and exchange thoughts and ideas and bring into my life
• A clearer idea of what democracy means in contemporary England
• Lively discussion on topics that matter
• Hearing what other people think and learning new things
• Create a functional society and communities ties without any of the puppets and puppet masters 😉
• A great collaboration idea! Looking forward to more ideas and more collaboration
• A clearer understanding of the issues and problems facing us
• From VocalEyes.org – a digital bottom-up ideas crowdsourcing and decision making web-based platform