Jon Bright (London, OK): Is UK politics in a state of crisis? OurKingdom is founded on a belief that it is, to an extent at least. This crisis has many
Tony Curzon Price (London, openDemocracy): We - particularly the "we" who think and talk about politics too much - have a picture of a thriving public space as
Jon Bright (London, OK): The Ministry of Truth has been generating a bit of energy recently, as Anthony wrote below. Will be interesting to keep an eye on their misrepresentation
Anthony Barnett (The Atlantic, OK): Thanks to the wonders of WordPress's time stamp system, this post should appear as I am over the Atlantic, heading for New York
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Iain Dale has asked me and Lib-Dem Sephen Tall to start an all party (and no party) campaign for FIXED TERM parliaments with the aim of
Tom Griffin (London, The Green Ribbon): Gordon Brown's decision to rule out an autumn election has come as something of a relief in Northern Ireland, where election campaigns
Jon Bright (London, OK): It looks like Gordon Brown disliked deciding whether to have an election or not so much that he might make sure neither himself nor any future
Andrew Blick (London, Houses of Parliament): Coming back after recess the mood in Parliament is one of bewilderment. MPs (and their staff) who are retiring had made swift plans for
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): A recent forum in openDemocracy discussed whether there should be a law against politicians lying. It was probably started because the word got out about the
Dan Leighton Every so often the discretionary powers available to our politicians come along and bite them on the backside. The debacle over the snap election that never was and
Iran: the elephant in the court-room
The trial of sixteen Azeri men in Baku for allegedly conspiring with Iran and planning to overthrow the government to impose Sharia Islamic law
Andrew Blick (London, Houses of Parliament): You might have easily missed it amidst the media howl about stolen policies and election budgets for elections that never were, but something important
