Jon Bright (London, OK): The EU's experiment in deliberative democracy, which J Clive Matthews has been covering for openDemocracy on our dLiberation blog, has drawn to a close.
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James Graham (London, Unlock Democracy): Unlock Democracy has welcomed the fact that over 100 MPs have now signed up in support of the proposed Citizens Convention Bill.
The Bill, which
Jon Bright (London, OK): You might have seen that Greenpeace decided to make an official complaint to the Market Research Standards Council over Opinion Leader Research's conduct of
Andrew Blick (London, Houses of Parliament): The Constitution Unit has just published a major new report, 'The House Rules?' (opens pdf), with proposals that urgently need to be
Andrew Blick (London, Houses of Parliament): One unexpected feature of the Menzies Campbell resignation is that it provides further confirmation of the rise of the special adviser. Since these ministerial
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): What is potentially a highly significant political struggle is being fought by an alliance of left-wing Labour and trade union members, the churches and Searchlight
Mark Bell (Brighton, votewise.co.uk): April 2007. It's a quiet day in the office and a couple of us take passing interest in the forthcoming local election
Jon Bright (London, OK): Poor Ming Campbell has bowed to the inevitable and resigned with immediate effect, the Beeb tells me. What went wrong for him? The Lib Dems were
Bethan Jenkins (Neath, AM): Last week I introduced a statement of opinion at the National Assembly for Wales calling on all AM's to support the call for fixed
Stephen Taylor (London, 5jt): As part of its Coffeehouse Challenge, the RSA is holding an online discussion at virtualrsa.com on Tue 30 October from 7-8pm on “Who Is My
Jon Bright (London, OK): Regular readers of the fantastic Doonesbury strip will be familiar with Mike's summer daydream, an annual tradition where Mike imagines the world as he