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Guy Aitchison (London, OK): This morning I joined a handful of press and politicians assembled in a small room in the St Stephen’s club near Westminster to watch David
David Hayes (London, oD): How does the debate about Britain’s political and constitutional future relate to the way it manages its internal, communal and social “diversity”? As the dominant
Vron Ware (London, author 'Who Cares About Britishness?'): Scarcely a day goes by now without a headline and opinion columns either asking or telling us what it means
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): One theme of our present government is the revulsion of the people from politics. The media has something to do with this, but what? Is it
In 2006, at the launch of Unbounded Freedom, Rosemary Bechler's investigation into the Creative Commons for the British Council think-tank Counterpoint, I heard a comment I have
Who is shaping China in the 21st century? Which individuals are the most powerful and influential in a country that itself is becoming more powerful and influential?
openDemocracy and the
Anonymous: The six Labour party Deputy Leadership candidates had a hustings in Parliament today. All of them stressed the need for the party to rebuild, reconnect, renew and so on.
Jon Bright (London, OK): OurKingdom is publishing a memo by the Liberal Democrat peer Richard Holme - a memo for Gordon Brown. Holme was a close advisor to Paddy Ashdown in
Chris Atkins (London, Director Taking Liberties): When I started making Taking Liberties, I wanted to look at whether we should be reducing liberty in order to increase security. After a
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The fundamental basis of citizenship is entitlement not socialisation. The early announcement on the BBC and in today's Guardian that Ministers are intent on
Peter Oborne (London, Daily Mail): It is extremely tragic and dispiriting that Gordon Brown refuses to define Britishness through our great hallmark institutions such as the monarchy, parliament and our
