Regional Democracy - a recent timeline from West Yorkshire

Regional Democracy comes from below, it's about being positive and actively taking responsibility. Devolution by necessity comes from above, ceding responsibility from the top downwards …

Same Skies - an update

Same Skies is a loose network of people from West Yorkshire working together on the basis of the following principles:

- We're positive about regional democracy …

Saving devolution from itself: Building Regional Democracy in the North of England

Devolution. City Deals. Northern Powerhouse. What does this even mean to the average person on the street? Devolution probably reminds most people of Charles Darwin …

#NotWestminster - Local Democracy for Everyone

Andrew Wilson from the Same Skies collective is one of the organisers of a series of Local Democracy for Everyone events in Huddersfield this February …

About the Same Skies network

Following our 'What Kind of Region Do We Want To Live In?' event in Manningham, Bradford in November 2015, the organising group have become the …

Why should we in the North continue to place hope and faith in a national elite?

"Why not get together to decide what we want and demand the authority - and responsibility - needed to make it happen?"

Andrew Wilson of the Same …