James Graham (London, Unlock Democracy): Unlock Democracy published its latest report yesterday on the Scottish 2007 Elections. 251 monitors from across Scotland took part, making a note of every time
Peter Facey (London, Unlock Democracy): If the parties cannot now reach agreement, there will be terrible long term consequences for the reputation and state of British politics.We should be
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Helicopter gunships slammed rebel positions in the southeast of Turkey yesterday, as 100,000 Turkish troops backed by tanks and aircraft mass along the border
Jon Bright (London, OK): I've just come from a CentreForum event advertising the launch of their new pamphlet: 'Globalisation: a liberal response'. Samuel Brittan and Vince
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Things are worse than I thought. When I wrote yesterday's blog on the demands for self-censorship I had misgivings about making Prince Charles
Andrew Blick (London, Democratic Audit): Those who advocate restricted voting rights for Scottish MPs have undoubtedly uncovered a problematic anomaly with the UK constitution. But the UK constitution is a
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The great Sunny Hundal of Pickled Politics has just emailed to say he has "teased" me in his latest CiF post. It's
Gareth Young (Lewes, CEP): John Redwood and Simon Hughes both objected to the Government's new attempt to establish "regional accountability" in England last week. Mr Redwood
Jon Bright (London, OK): Another hat tip to Gareth Young for flagging up this YouGov poll. It makes negative (if not entirely unexpected) reading for those interested in constitutional reform:
Jon Bright (London, OK): Anyone who signed up to email alerts in the last few months will have noticed that, well, we haven't been sending any. That is
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Funny what we can say and what we can't say. Perhaps the most prevalent complaint about censorship and self-censorship in British society is
Jon Bright (London, OK): Further to last week's liberty speech, the government have published three consultation papers on some of the proposed constitutional tinkering set out in this
