Jon Bright (London, OK): A copy of Nick Inman's entertaining Politipedia dropped through our inbox the other day, and seems worth a plug. A reference tome for UK politics, it gives encyclopedia style entries on all things UK and political. I immediately flicked through to the pages on the constitution, which unsurprisingly ref Bagehot more than a few times. "The Queen...must sign her own death-warrant if the two Houses unanimously send it up to her" (which puts work on the citizens convention bill into perspective). What about our electoral system? Under FPTP no party has ever governed with the majority of the votes cast, apparently (since 1945). I'm feeling smarter already. Worth a look.

Online at OK: Democratic Audit's full report, The BNP: the Roots of their Success
Britain is good at dealing with diversity - Kanishk Tharoor
The BBC was right on BNP - it is our political class who have been complacent - Jacob Ignatius
Get over it, better to flush out the whole affair - David Elstein










