Peter MacLeod
@petermacleod.bsky.social
Principal, MASS LBP | Helping people shape the policies that shape their lives | Citizens’ Assemblies + Democratic Innovation | DEMOCRACY’S SECOND ACT coming Feb 2026
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Peter MacLeod
@petermacleod.bsky.social
· Nov 24
On February 10, Democracy's Second Act: Why Politics needs the Public is being published. Order a copy today from your local bookseller, or internationally on Amazon. www.democracyssecondact.org
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Great politics should look like a party you want to join
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Great politics should look like a party you want to join
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🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS: Why the energy transition is disruptive, non-linear, hard to predict and often faster than expected.
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS: Why the energy transition is disruptive, non-linear, hard to predict and often faster than expected.
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
What happens after the collapse of political parties?
“Today, the Western party looks more like a street hawker, desperately seeking customers. “
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
“Today, the Western party looks more like a street hawker, desperately seeking customers. “
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Opinion | They Used to Rule the West. Now They’re Dying.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
What happens after the collapse of political parties?
“Today, the Western party looks more like a street hawker, desperately seeking customers. “
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
“Today, the Western party looks more like a street hawker, desperately seeking customers. “
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
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‘Now We Have a Voice’: Indigenous Architects Redesign Canada www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/r...
‘Now We Have a Voice’: Indigenous Architects Redesign Canada
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
‘Now We Have a Voice’: Indigenous Architects Redesign Canada www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/r...
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Epstein has, from beyond the grave, exposed the make-it-up-as-you-go-along nature of the monarchy and the House of Lords www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
Jeffrey Epstein has exposed the rotten state of the UK’s constitution
The late sex offender had a ruthless capacity for exploiting grifters
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Epstein has, from beyond the grave, exposed the make-it-up-as-you-go-along nature of the monarchy and the House of Lords www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
Opinion | The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.
Regulating the industry is useful. Shaming it is crucial.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
“We must be willing to say that the hedge fund managers have no clothes and their parading about is an unpleasant sight for us all,” Oren Cass writes. “Your daughter has taken a job at Blackstone? My condolences.”
Great to talk to @davidmoscrop.com about our new book and why democracy‘s future can be bright — if governments stop treating people like a risk instead of a resource.
open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
Is It Time For Democracy's Second Act?
A new book puts the public in the spotlight and offers hope for our shared future, at last.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Great to talk to @davidmoscrop.com about our new book and why democracy‘s future can be bright — if governments stop treating people like a risk instead of a resource.
open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
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👉 We’re officially more than halfway through the NG Citizens’ Assembly & the journey is continuing.
🗓️ In late Jan, Members met at the National Gallery for Session 3, reconnecting w/the collection, learning from staff & community groups, & beginning to shape principles for the Gallery’s future.
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🗓️ In late Jan, Members met at the National Gallery for Session 3, reconnecting w/the collection, learning from staff & community groups, & beginning to shape principles for the Gallery’s future.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
👉 We’re officially more than halfway through the NG Citizens’ Assembly & the journey is continuing.
🗓️ In late Jan, Members met at the National Gallery for Session 3, reconnecting w/the collection, learning from staff & community groups, & beginning to shape principles for the Gallery’s future.
🧵👇
🗓️ In late Jan, Members met at the National Gallery for Session 3, reconnecting w/the collection, learning from staff & community groups, & beginning to shape principles for the Gallery’s future.
🧵👇
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Foreign affairs minister to open consulate in Greenland today nationalnewswatch.com/2026/02/06/f...
Foreign affairs minister to open consulate in Greenland today
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Foreign affairs minister to open consulate in Greenland today nationalnewswatch.com/2026/02/06/f...
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New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced Thursday.
bloom.bg
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced
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Citizens‘' assemblies continue to boom: in 2025, 58 mini-publics were launched or completed in Germany, and planning began for 32 more. To date, there have been a total of over 400 citizens' assemblies in Germany..
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/2025...
#CitizensAssembly
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/2025...
#CitizensAssembly
February 4, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Citizens‘' assemblies continue to boom: in 2025, 58 mini-publics were launched or completed in Germany, and planning began for 32 more. To date, there have been a total of over 400 citizens' assemblies in Germany..
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/2025...
#CitizensAssembly
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/2025...
#CitizensAssembly
In good company at Munro’s Books, Victoria, BC
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
In good company at Munro’s Books, Victoria, BC
The first — and very generous — review of our new book, Democracy’s Second Act, is out from Hugh Pope.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/carney...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/carney...
The Carney Trap: can more of the same really save democracy?
When the news searchlight lit upon Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney last month as the saviour of democracies from US President Donald Trump and right-wing authoritarianism around the world, did it ...
www.linkedin.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The first — and very generous — review of our new book, Democracy’s Second Act, is out from Hugh Pope.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/carney...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/carney...
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In honour of the FT and Statista declaring Deloitte and PwC the top consultancies for sustainability services, worth re-upping @rosiecollington.bsky.social's and my piece on the rise of climate consulting:
New development: Climate consulting and the transformation of climate governance
External consultancies’ involvement in climate governance has grown substantially in recent years. Public sector managers encounter them in government tasks from policy research and design to clima...
www.tandfonline.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
In honour of the FT and Statista declaring Deloitte and PwC the top consultancies for sustainability services, worth re-upping @rosiecollington.bsky.social's and my piece on the rise of climate consulting:
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On 4 February 2026, the Baden-Württemberg state parliament passed an amendment to the law on the protection of non-smokers. The amendment takes into account recommendations made by a Citizens' Forum.
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/non-...
#CitizensAssembly
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/non-...
#CitizensAssembly
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
On 4 February 2026, the Baden-Württemberg state parliament passed an amendment to the law on the protection of non-smokers. The amendment takes into account recommendations made by a Citizens' Forum.
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/non-...
#CitizensAssembly
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/non-...
#CitizensAssembly
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Brilliant from Marina Hyde as always — just angrier today.
Every word hits the nail on the head with the force of ten sledgehammers.
What a wonderful writer she is.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every word hits the nail on the head with the force of ten sledgehammers.
What a wonderful writer she is.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Brilliant from Marina Hyde as always — just angrier today.
Every word hits the nail on the head with the force of ten sledgehammers.
What a wonderful writer she is.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every word hits the nail on the head with the force of ten sledgehammers.
What a wonderful writer she is.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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🆕 article: 'Democratic innovations in the UK: Reflections on historical trajectories across space and time' ⏳ 🤔 by Stephen Elstub and myself.
✅ Open Access www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
✅ Synopsis of trajectories of democratic innovations in the last 50 years across the UK ... in 7,000 words 😮💨
✅ Open Access www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
✅ Synopsis of trajectories of democratic innovations in the last 50 years across the UK ... in 7,000 words 😮💨
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
🆕 article: 'Democratic innovations in the UK: Reflections on historical trajectories across space and time' ⏳ 🤔 by Stephen Elstub and myself.
✅ Open Access www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
✅ Synopsis of trajectories of democratic innovations in the last 50 years across the UK ... in 7,000 words 😮💨
✅ Open Access www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
✅ Synopsis of trajectories of democratic innovations in the last 50 years across the UK ... in 7,000 words 😮💨
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“Can we imagine a society where each of us has a say and responsibility in the decisions that affect and shape our daily life? Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson can. What a vision. What a book.” - Uffe Elbæk.
Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4tgmpuX
@petermacleod.bsky.social @richard-tk.bsky.social
Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4tgmpuX
@petermacleod.bsky.social @richard-tk.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
“Can we imagine a society where each of us has a say and responsibility in the decisions that affect and shape our daily life? Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson can. What a vision. What a book.” - Uffe Elbæk.
Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4tgmpuX
@petermacleod.bsky.social @richard-tk.bsky.social
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@petermacleod.bsky.social @richard-tk.bsky.social
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This is a very important decision on a journey that started when I was Minister in 2019. As the Federal Court ruled: “To put the matter bluntly … the chemical content of [plastics] is irrelevant to the sea otter choking on a plastic straw. The problem is the plastic item itself, not its chemistry.”
Federal Court of Appeal rules in favour of Ottawa keeping ban on single-use plastics
Court says decision to list plastic manufactured items as toxic was reasonable
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
This is a very important decision on a journey that started when I was Minister in 2019. As the Federal Court ruled: “To put the matter bluntly … the chemical content of [plastics] is irrelevant to the sea otter choking on a plastic straw. The problem is the plastic item itself, not its chemistry.”
And rightly accompanied by the RC Coast Guard icebreaker Jane Goodwill, honouring the first Indigenous woman from Sask to complete a nursing degree. 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇩🇰
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon heading to Norway, Denmark and Greenland
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon heading to Norway, Denmark and Greenland
While in Greenland, Simon will attend the opening of the first Canadian consulate in Nuuk, the island’s capital.
www.thestar.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
And rightly accompanied by the RC Coast Guard icebreaker Jane Goodwill, honouring the first Indigenous woman from Sask to complete a nursing degree. 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇩🇰
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this week’s cover by Till Lauer
February 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
this week’s cover by Till Lauer
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In exchange for 107 seconds, the Mayor gives you more than a little understanding of the NYC budget.
(SO WELL DONE)
(SO WELL DONE)
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 31, 2026 at 9:35 PM
In exchange for 107 seconds, the Mayor gives you more than a little understanding of the NYC budget.
(SO WELL DONE)
(SO WELL DONE)