Business success and ethical responsibility can go together, Simon Zadek of AccountAbility tells Tony Curzon Price. Listen now
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Has anyone observed yet that the story of Gordon Brown instructing that the Union Jack now fly from Downing Street every day of the year in
Tony Curzon Price (London oD): Martin Wolf's scathing post against having an intelligentsias argues "Technocrats Good. Thinkers Bad," with an undertone of "Technocrats Liberal. Thinkers
Stephen Taylor (London, 5jt): Why it matters Guy Lodge asks: the withering of democracy in Britain reflects deep change in our society. For the last half century we have seen
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The 'why it matters' debate is already taking on different strands. One is about democracy itself, see the passionate post from Stephen Taylor below.
John Jackson (London, Charter 88): Our constitutional foibles are making us the laughing stock of the world. How absurd that new ministers are not allowed to start work because the
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): A new campaign called Muslims United has been launched in response to the terrorist outrages in London and Glasgow, taking out full page adverts in the
Sunny Hundal (London, Pickled Politics): In between all the debate around the latest terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow, a salvo was fired by David Cameron over what is becoming
Guy Lodge (London, ippr): The contrast couldn't be starker. In his final session of Prime Minister's Questions Tony Blair, when asked about a constitutional matter - admittedly
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The quality of the coverage of Brown's Tuesday announcement in the London papers was very poor. It got the headlines and leader comments. But
Moderator: This is a response to Anthony Barnett's post below on his oD article about why Gordon Brown needs an inelligentsia.
Martin Wolf (London, FT): The arrogance of
Direct Democracy: It appears that while he waited for Tony Blair to step down, Gordon Brown has been catching up on his reading - especially of our initial book, and our
