Dominic Hilton was a commissioning editor, columnist and diarist for openDemocracy from 2001-05. He has published reviews, opinion pieces and fiction in newspapers and journals.

Recent articles

From teashops to the tourist information centre, Dominic Hilton scopes out the site of the G8 summit.

What lies beneath the campaign for reform of Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system? Dominic Hilton investigates.

A mad electoral system rewards Tony Blair, but British citizens are making it work for themselves, finds Dominic Hilton.

In a tumultuous corner of a tired, formulaic British election, Dominic Hilton is exhilarated, alarmed and amused by the electrifying passion of that rare thing: real politics.

As Tony Blair launches Britain’s general election campaign, a postal-voting scandal is further undermining voters’ trust in their political leaders.