Tom Nairn (Livingston and Melbourne, RMIT University): Since Gordon Brown’s appearance as United Kingdom Premier, assorted premonitions have surfaced in the gloom. Britlanders now inhabit a haunted house on
Daniel Leighton (London, Power Inquiry): The spectre of popular sovereignty haunts Bournemouth. Amidst the fevered speculation over election timing, binge drinking and Sun-sponsored men dressed as Gordon Brown clones in
Mike Small (Fife, The Guardian): As Iain MacWhirter wrote the other day in the Herald: "You have to wonder if Labour has acquired a death wish. How could it
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Over on Pickled Politics, Sunny Hundal has responded to my appeal for left thinking as well as to Sunder Katwala's important response in oD,
Jon Bright (London, OK): OurKingdom's Guy Aitchison has an article up over on Canada's "The Court", giving them an update on Britain's
Peter Oborne (London, Daily Mail): Gordon Brown's speech yesterday was a tragic event, amounting to the abolition of politics. This cannot succeed, but what will be the price
Tom Griffin (London, The Green Ribbon): From an Irish point of view, the most significant thing about Brown's speech yesterday is not what he said but what he
Jon Bright (London, OK): You probably spotted the Sun's entertaining EU referendum call yesterday. Describing the reform treaty as the "greatest threat since WWII", they photoshopped
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Not only was I on 18 Doughty Street's blogger TV last night, I shamelessly hung on and contributed to Talk Politics afterwards. You can
Peter Facey (London, Unlock Democracy): As someone who watches the debate about our electoral system with a keen (if not nerdish) interest and tries to read the tea leaves of
One of the things I'm keen on looking at over the next few weeks is some of the alternative visions for EU reform - from my favourite "
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Earlier this month I noted that Peter Mandelson had said "It is not for me to express a view on the UK’s domestic decision&
