About Dominic Hilton

Dominic Hilton was a commissioning editor, columnist and diarist for openDemocracy from 2001-05.

Articles by Dominic Hilton

Monday 20th June

The Battle of Auchterarder

Dominic Hilton, 20 June 2005

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

Tuesday 17th May

Undemocratic reform

Dominic Hilton, 17 May 2005

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

Tuesday 10th May

Britain's tactical voting revolution

Dominic Hilton, 10 May 2005

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

Tuesday 3rd May

The war for Muslim minds - in east London

Dominic Hilton, 3 May 2005

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.

Wednesday 6th April

Is Britain a banana republic?

Dominic Hilton, 6 April 2005

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

Tuesday 29th March

Why can't politicians tell the truth! ever?

Dominic Hilton, 29 March 2005

Britain’s election: a crisis in the opposition Conservative party exposes the country’s malaise of political distrust, says Dominic Hilton.

Thursday 24th March

If it's politics, it's just not cricket!

Dominic Hilton, 24 March 2005

As Britain’s general election approaches, an anti-terrorism law reveals to Dominic Hilton why British politics is beyond a joke.

Friday 18th March

Trust me, I'm a politician

Dominic Hilton, 18 March 2005

Britain's election: what’s causing voter apathy? Dominic Hilton visits Birmingham, England’s second city, where a vote-rigging scandal and Conservative leader Michael Howard offer some answers.

Wednesday 9th March

His Majesty King Blair I

Dominic Hilton, 9 March 2005

Tony Blair, the most self-consciously modern of political leaders, rules over a political system far less at ease with the world. Dominic Hilton examines a very British paradox.

Thursday 24th February

Beyond the barbarians at the gate: Timothy Garton Ash interviewed

Dominic Hilton, 24 February 2005

The “free world” of the United States-plus-Europe no longer exists. Can it be reinvented as a world of freedom? The leading liberal internationalist Timothy Garton Ash talks to Dominic Hilton of openDemocracy.

Tuesday 1st February

Fashionable anti-Americanism

Dominic Hilton, 1 February 2005

The United States is burdened with the pains, frustrations, and hatreds of the rest of the world. Ignorant and unfair, says Dominic Hilton, in a scathing and witty critique of a disabling obsession.

Thursday 23rd December

Letters to Americans: the hidden treasure of the US vs the World

Dominic Hilton, 23 December 2004

Dominic Hilton was part of the team working on openDemocracy’s “My America: Letters To Americans” project, in which eighteen non-American nationals wrote to counterparts in the United States. Here he gives his view on aspects of those exchanges and America’s role in role in world affairs.

Thursday 16th December