Anthony Barnett (London, OK): You can tell what Jack Straw thinks of constitutional reform, Trevor Smith told me, from the way he reintroduced walking backwards from the monarch after handing
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Lib Dems matter, even if at the moment they matter in the way that they fail to matter. This needs to change if they are
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Perhaps the most astonishing aspect of current debates on democracy is that intelligent and committed people still talk about local government as though it still
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I know, you think I'm going to suggest that even Xmas is constitutional, or at the very least suggest it should be more proportional,
Conn Corrigan (New York, Columbia School of Journalism): Fianna Fáil, the main government political party in the Republic of Ireland, has officially registered as a party in Northern Ireland, which
Battle of Algiers
Twin car bombings in Algiers have killed at least 47 people in the latest al-Qaida-linked strike in Algeria. One car struck a constitutional court building
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Just listened to Martha Karney's excellent World at One over my soup. She covered the appearance of the Home Secretary before the House Committee
Gareth Young (Lewes, CEP): Imagine if David Cameron made a speech in England in which he pandered to English nationalism by proclaiming "We will not stop fighting to meet
Jon Bright (London, OK): openDemocracy's 16 days project drew to a close yesterday. Zohra Moosa summarises the incredible range and diversity of contributions - from political statements to personal
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney-General as was, has been putting himself about lately. In between pulling in £1 million a year from Debevoise & Plimpton,
Amthony Barnett (London, OK): I confidently assumed (see below) that Cameron's speech on the Union, his change of direction on the English question, his going head-to-head
Musa Qala offensive
Afghan and NATO forces have encircled the Taliban-held city of Musa Qala in the restive southern province of Helmand. Taliban forces have held the city for
