Place and Politics
Place and Politics
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地方和政治
DOI：
10.1002/9781118278857.ch9
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
J. Wills
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作者：
J. Wills
2010年5月3日，大选前三天，2000多人聚集在伦敦卫理公会中央大厅，与三个主要政党的领导人接触。不管是谁在大选后决定权力的平衡，有组织的英国公民都认定，他们已经在谈判桌上有了一席之地。每位政党领导人都被要求对《英国公民宣言》（Citizens UK manifesto）做出回应，支持政府采购工作岗位的最低生活工资，将利率上限设定在不超过20%的水平，将社区土地信托作为经济适用房开发的基础，将长期非正规移民的收入正式化，并结束在移民中心拘留儿童的做法。每位议员还被要求每年至少与英国公民见面一次，并在下一届议会期间至少参加两次公民大会。用节目的话说：“人民的声音应该被我们选出的领导人听到。”面对2000多人、媒体和对选票的渴望，每个政党的领导人都同意了宣言的大部分内容，如果不是全部的话，并同意继续举行会议。自大选以来，英国公民的代表一直在与政府部长及其顾问会面，讨论最低生活工资（涉及财政部和工作与养老金部）和儿童拘留（与内政部）
On 3 May 2010, three days before a general election, more than 2000 people assembled at Methodist Central Hall, London, to engage the leaders of the three main political parties. Whoever was to hold the balance of power after the election, the organised citizens of the UK were determined that they would already have a place at the table. Each party leader was asked to respond to the Citizens UK manifesto to support the living wage in publicly procured jobs, a cap on interest rates set at no more than 20 per cent, community land trusts as the basis for the development of affordable housing, an earned regularisation for long-term irregular migrants and an end to child detention in immigration centres. Each was also asked to meet Citizens UK at least once a year and to attend at least two civic assemblies over the course of the next parliament. In the words of the programme:‘The voice of the people should be heard by our elected leaders.’Faced with more than 2000 people, the media and the desire for votes, each party leader agreed to most, if not all, of the manifesto, as well as agreeing to meet on an ongoing basis. Since the election, representatives from Citizens UK have been meeting with government ministers and their advisers to discuss the living wage (involving the Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions) and child detention (with the Home