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Do the public really want to change ‘the system’?: Stuart Wilks-Heeg presents polling evidence
Don't trust MPs' constitutional poker: Guy Aitchison supports the call for a citizens' convention
Brown's 'National Council for Democratic Renewal': Anthony Barnett on the Prime Minister's desperate proposal Who Polices The Police?
Open letter to the BBC: Guy Aitchison and Stuart White raise serious concerns with the BBC's coverage of G20 policing
The Met must stop spinning G20 policing: Defend Peaceful Protest on the Met's response to its critics
Met watchdog criticises G20 policing: Anna Bragga reports on the MPA meeting
Our campaign to defend peaceful protest launches: Guy Aitchison and Andy May have some questions for the Met following the policing of the G20
The architectural photographer as terrorist: Edward Denison recounts his detention for photographing a police station
Letter to the Beeb: Guy Aitchison responds to a complacent and misleading feature on "kettling" for the BBC website
Not "kettling" but "bubbling": Clare Coatman on polarised views of police and protesters
Kettling - another special relationship: Charles Shaw's eye-witness account of the practice's US debut
Practical proposals to reform the police: Guy Aitchison invites OK readers to add to a list
Met orders review into policing of protests: Guy Aitchison comments on Sir Paul Stephenson's suggestions Trapped and beaten by police in Climate Camp: Testimony from Chris Abbott The Damian Green AffairA Very British Arrest: Laura Sandys on the precedent of her father's 1939 experience. One reason why the police are dangerous, undemocratic and stupid: Anthony Barnett condemns an attack on democracy. Questioned by the Met: An MP's experience: Tony Clarke on the crucial differences with his own case. A Constitutional Failure: The Damian Green case highlights the need for a written constitution, argues Tom Griffin. Immigration islands
The Return of Enoch: Enoch Powell's repatriation agenda must not be rehabilitated, argues Sunder Katwala. The ugly economics of immigration: Paul Kingsnorth on why the left is out of step with working class interests. Immigration and the Politics of Resentment: Shamser Sinha suggests the real problem is a politics that turns neighbour against neighbour. A neoliberal kingdom
Britain’s neo-liberal state: The financial crisis exposes the need for democratic modernisation, argue Gerry Hassan and Anthony Barnett. MODERN LIBERTY
Labour After BrownThe next left -Life after the Labour Party: Gerry Hassan sees a historic opportunity for the emergence of a post-New Labour left. Scottish Labour, where's the coffee?: Gerry Hassan assesses the prospects for Scottish Labour and its new leader. Lesson for the Left from Chile to Britain: Hassan Akram offers a global perspective on Labour's malaise. From Milibland to Johnson land?: Jeremy Gilbert argues for Labour without neo-liberalism. Magical thinking on Britishness: Anthony Barnett critiques Liam Byrne on fraternity. Rule of law at risk: Geoffrey Bindman calls for a turn away from the marketisation of government. A new Bill of Rights for Britain?: Guy Aitchison analyses Parliament's proposed new Bill of Rights. Miliband - by our rights we will know you: Claire O'Brien puts forward a new progressive vision for Labour. England Awakes?England, Britain and multiculturalism: an OurKingdom exchange A mild awakening?, England's turn? by David Goodhart Navigation |
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Arfur (not verified) said:
Thu, 2008-12-04 16:49Mary Ridell is brilliant in the torygraph today. It's a long time since I read anything so on the nail as this. Why are all the wrong people in parliament?