OurKingdom announces the launch of a new six month debate on the most important cultural and current affairs instution in Britain.
The collaboration of the Blair government with Gaddafi may well be revealed in full detail thanks to material discovered in Tripoli and the investigations of the Mail.
The author of Iron Britannia revists the arguments over the Falklands War to observe that what at the time seemed to be a mixture colonial throwback and nostagic re-enactment of the spirit of 1940 proved to be a harbinger of the post Cold-War hi-tech 'projections' of force.
Scotland's greatest thinker, a world scholar and, we are proud to report, a regular openDemocracy contributor, is 80 this year. We wish him a long life! Gerry Hassan tells his readers in Scotland to honour him and Anthony Barnett provides a few links to some of his articles.
Suzanne Moore's recent conversion to the House of Lords mistakes the public spiritedness of a few inhabitants for the hands-in-the-public-purse interests of the many
As the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war approaches and oil is discovered in the deep South Atlantic waters, a veteran critic of the war and a member of the Falkland's assembly exchange views.
Her Majesty has promised to 'dedicate herself anew' to the service of Britain. But what has she achieved in sixty years on the throne?
Finally, the nature and future of England may become part of the national debate in the UK, as Scotland's First Minister appeals to the English who have not spoken yet and IPPR announces the discovery of England's emerging political community.
The Meryl Streep film of Margaret Thatcher gets an OurKingdom editor reflecting on his own brief encounter with her.
Two of Britain's leading campaigners for democracy discuss the changing nature of the UK's democratic crisis.
