Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There is good coverage of the G20 protests on Liberal Conspiracy and Guy will be writing here about what it was like to be penned in
The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust has published a major report on the UK's Database State. Technology is transforming government, and there is an urgent need to control and
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): On Sunday I responded to Rafale Behr's desperate attempt in the Observer to ham up criticism of the Convention on Modern Liberty. Today it
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Observer’s Rafael Behr has written a wonderfully ridiculous column today proclaiming that we live in the “golden age of liberty”. Perhaps he was jealous
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Over on Liberal Conspiracy Sunny Hundal is pioneering a form of expansion which will make mainstream papers quake just a little bit more than they are
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Apologies for hardly writing in OK, I have been, er, rather busy with the Convention. But a generous spread about "The New Freedom Fighters"
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I was down with the Lurgie last week and missed Georgina Henry's stirring call to arms at the launch of the Liberty Central website
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Erminegate, kickbacks-to-cronies story brought back an old memory to me, from the days of "sleaze" when cash for questions tainted the Conservative government.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): NO2ID's invaluable email alerts have just told us this: The Ministry of Justice has launched an extraordinary coup. It is about to convert the
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Modern Liberty Convention was launched on Thursday at a party inspired by Henry Porter and hosted by Vanity Fair. The Observer have just published Henry&
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Since I started blogging I found that one of the best rules of thumb is to agree with Sunny Hundal, who is wise, practical and funny
In an extract from: 'Breaking Out of Britain's Neo-Liberal State' published as a Compass Thinkpiece today, and based on their original openDemocracy essay in OurKingdom, Gerry