"In a new edition for 2005 Voices of the People summarises and analyses thirteen years of regular polls on constitutional issues, undertaken under the auspices of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, which reveal the people to be more radical democrats than the political classes - big majorities in favour of a written constitution, freedom of information, proportional representation in parliamentary elections, a largely elected House of Lords, an expanded Bill of Rights and greater decentralisation of power. In addition, there is a widespread distrust of government and ongoing concern over 'sleaze'." "A mine of information about public attitudes to constitutional issues over the last decade, and a cogent commentary on those attitudes and what they imply for the future of reform, Voices of the People is essential reading for those chattering classes - and for the people themselves."--BOOK JACKET.