Peter Facey (London, Unlock Democracy): At a joint general meeting last Saturday, the final stages of the merger between Charter 88 and the New Politics Network saw the formal birth
Andrew Blick (London, Democratic Audit): The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee has issued a further report (opens pdf) on the EU Reform Treaty. The committee has become increasingly critical
Moderator: This post is partly a response to this earlier contribution by Jason Kitcat.
Daniel Gray (Bournemouth, Senior Software Consultant): E-Voting systems are, by their very nature, complex systems
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): No, not Hilary, but her husband whose first name escapes me at the moment. I was never very taken with him, positively or negatively. Way back
Jon Bright (London, OK): openDemocracy has recently launched blog coverage of the annual "16 Days against Gender Violence" movement, which marks a period of activism between the tongue-
The man behind torture
Writing in the New York Review of Books, David Cole profiles the lawyer David Addington. A former counsel to Dick Cheney, Addington wields private power while
Jon Bright (London, OK): Brown's slow train-wreck of a government is now piling on the negative headlines at such a rate that it is easy to lose
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): According to this report in the American Prospect, Barak Obama has come out for openness, assisted by Lawrence Lessig of Creative Commons and a large team
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Excellent article by Christina Zaba of No2ID in the Guardian today on how the ID Cards Act became law in 2006 as part of the Blair
Sue Stirling (Newcastle, ippr north): Politically, the extent to which England truly has distinct regions is a sensitive and debatable issue. Many claim the current division of the country into
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Both Mike Smithson at PoliticalBetting and James Forsyth at the Spectator are very taken with Jackie Ashley's column in the Guardian on the fate
Faustina Fynn Nyame talks about returning to her native Ghana to campaign for womens' right to safe abortion. Plus: blogging 16 days
