Alex Parsons (London, Feeding the Fish): The idea of democracy implies that each of us has an equal say in elections. But this is hardly true in our current system.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I was down at the Lib Dems in Brighton yesterday, speaking at an ippr fringe meeting and got the following impressions. It was small, the bar
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): When Gordon's Green Paper came out and he asked for a national conversation there was no way you could respond to it as a
Gaza = enemy entity
Israel's security cabinet has designated the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip as an "enemy entity", promising to limit imports into the Strip and reduce supplies
Peter Facey (Lib-Dem Conf, Brighton, UnlockDemocracy): Well this morning the Lib Dem's adopted policy for a complete overhaul of our constitution (For the People, By the People) and
John Osmond (Cardiff, IWA): The day after the tenth anniversary of the 18 September 1997 referendum that established Wales's National Assembly with a wafer thin majority, new polling
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): A new openDemocracy blog has been launched: dLiberation. Its immediate mandate, to cover the Tomrrow's Europe experiment in Brussels next month. Its author, the
Jon Bright (London, OK): Did Brown make the right decision in bailing out Northern Rock? (No-one really thinks it was Alistair Darling's call). Tony Curzon Price has an
Guy Aitchison (Bristol, OK): Could Gordon Brown’s “national conversation” on constitutional change finally be under way as Richard Wildon of Involve suggests? I listened to a lively and intelligent
Christine Berberich (Derby, lecturer): ‘Fantastic. A four-part series about what it means to be English.’ That was my reaction when I first heard about Andrew Marr’s project on Radio
Musharraf to abdicate army role?
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf will step down from his position as chief of Pakistani military forces should he be granted a third term as president
Richard Wilson (London, involve): As Anthony discovered to his surprise below, today sees the roll out of Gordon Brown's 'New Politics', with 10 citizens juries taking