Christopher Harvie (Fife, author and MSP): The SNP government's Choosing Scotland's Future proposes a 'national conversation' followed by a referendum. This has been criticised
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Guy Aitchison (Bristol, OK): The Conservatives under Cameron have become zealots for the idea of direct democracy. We’ve had the Democracy Taskforce’s call for beefed up e-petitions,
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Frank Field in yesterday’s Telegraph is a must read. I know he is very irritating and the article is stitched together by slight of
Caroline Morris (Wellington, Victoria University): New Zealand's introduction of direct democracy in the form of citizens' initiated referendums could have valuable lessons for politicians looking for cures
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): A press release from OpenEurope makes a very clear and simple case which if true will be damaging for the government as it suggests that the
Hizbullah's computer game
The Lebanese militant group Hizbullah has published a strategy computer game, in which gamers recreate the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah. According to a
James Graham (London, Unlock Democracy): James Campbell's piece in the Spectator arguing against state funding of political parties is par for the course. A critic of Sir Hayden
Chris Thomson (Barcelona, SCC): In yesterday's CiF, Ian MacWhirter writes: “Where the SNP proposal falls down is not in its open-mindedness, which is quite sincere, but in
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): To salute India's independence I have been honoured to publish a guest post on Pickled Politics about how India's constitution is far
Gavin Yates (Edinburgh, GYMedia): The SNP will not win an independence vote before the next general election. There, said it. End of. The interesting thing is that Alex Salmond is
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): When Gordon Brown began his premiership by opening up a wide-ranging consideration of the constitution, many of his colleagues and advisors questioned his judgement. But
