ePolitix: Hilary Benn has called the deputy leadership campaign a chance for the Labour party to debate what it wants to stand for, and argues that "overcoming the gap
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This week, as rapid change transforms China, Isabel Hilton talks to Duncan Hewitt author of Getting Rich First: Life in a Changing China,
John Osmond (Cardiff, IWA): The possibility of a 'Rainbow Coalition' ruling Wales lives on following a special Welsh Liberal Democrats conference at the weekend. Meeting in Llandrindod, they
If Uttar Pradesh were a sovereign state, it would be the world's sixth most populous country. Instead, with its population of 175 million, it is India's
Andrew Blick (London, Democratic Audit): In the latest Sunday Times Tony Blair described the government’s desire to ‘reach a consensus across the main political parties’ over new counter-terrorist
In Africa, globalisation builds on a history of slavery, colonialism and exploitation - a fact many recognize to have a continuing impact on the continent's experiences of the global
Jon Bright (London, OK): Tech guru Bill Thompson speculates today on the BBC website about how the internet may change the nature of politics.
What could the internet do for
Peter Oborne (London, Daily Mail): According to yesterday’s Guardian Gordon Brown told the Hay-on-Wye Festival that "Britain would not be a place defined by race or
Dan Leighton (Hay-on-Wye, Power Inquiry): A fascinating debate occurred at the Power Inquiry sponsored debate at the book festival at Hay-on-Wye yesterday between Henry Porter, Billy
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Pat Kane’s witty account of how Alex Salmond met the Queen focuses on the Scottish First Minister’s policy towards the monarchy, as you’d
Guy Aitchison (London, OK) John Reid and Tony Blair’s plans for draconian new anti-terror laws are a sobering reminder that, despite recent talk of constitutional reform and a
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): On 22 May a jury at Bristol Crown Court acquitted two protesters, Toby Olditch and Philip Pritchard, on charges of criminal damage, after they had
