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Our "Think Long Term" campaign has just over a month to run, and we need more than 10 new donors per day to
Jon Bright (London, OK): Picked up this Al-Jazeera report from Tartan Hero - "to see ourselves as others see us" he calls it - AJ's take
Stuart Weir & Andrew Blick (Cambridge & London, Democratic Audit): It's just like the buses. We have been waiting decades for reforms to the Royal Prerogative, now three
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): This morning on the Today programme, Lin Homer, who is Chief Executive of the Home Office's Border and Immigration Agency referred initially to her
David Marquand (Oxford, author): There is a fundamental flaw in the campaign for an English Parliament and its feeble echoes in current Conservative talk of English votes for English bills.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Observer has a long and important interview with the Prime Minister that I'll write about tomorrow after I've read the full
Solana Larsen writes: Fouad al-Farhan is one of the few Saudi bloggers who talks about politics using his real name. He is outspoken in favor of freedom and against political
Peter Facey (London, Unlock Democracy): 2008 is set to be an important and busy year for democratic reformers, but it will also be a mixed one with some real opportunities,
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Her Majesty's Revenues and Customs, when it is not losing our data, is failing to add it up. See the neat post by John
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): My subscription copy of the Spectator seemed riddled by an Xmas and New Year hangover. It announced Michael Gove on the Roots of Kenya's
Jonathan Bryant (Brighton & Hove, Direct Democracy): Colin Baker sets out a direct challenge below - what does "localism" actually mean in practice? For Direct Democracy, the answer
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I went on a family party to see I Am Legend. It turned out that sitting in the darkness of Holloway Odeon watching rabies/vampires trying
