Guy Aitchison (London, OK) Today The Daily Telegraph, in association with Direct Democracy, launches a six week discussion aimed at promoting ‘localist’ politics, by which they mean the devolution of
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): 'Trust' was a shaping issue for New Labour, whose creators believed that their party had fundamentally lost trust and could never exercise power without
Graham Allen (Nottingham, MP): My commitment to freedom of information is stronger than ever, I'm politically very clear what it is for in building our democracy. Similarly I&
Daniel Leighton (London, Power Inquiry): When will the constitution really matter? Only when citizens are shot in the street, according to the Guardian’s Martin Kettle. Then he backtracks, a
Jessica Reed (London oD): Now that you British are talking about writing down your constitution (and this applies also to the constitution or constitutional treaty of the E.U) one
Anthony Barnett (London OK): Who said that? In 1992, when he first spoke about constitutional issues at length in his Sovereignty lecture (see below) Gordon Brown called "not just
Spyblog: The 3rd Reading on amending the Freedom of Information Act was passed by 96 to 25. Will the House of Lords reject this wretched Bill, which goes much, much,
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): Just re-published on-line by Unlock Democracy, the 1992 speech which marked Brown's first engagement with the constitutional agenda. It is very revealing:
"The
Geoffrey Bindman (London, BIHR): Gordon Brown has praised the golden thread running through British history of the free individual, standing firm against tyranny and defending the human rights of others.
John Osmond (Cardiff): As Gordon Brown starts his six week wait for the highest office is Camaroon Toryism about to beat him to it and enjoy its first taste of
Henry Porter (London, Vanity Fair): I met a Labour MP last night. He said, more or less: I feel that we'll get something from Brown on Parliament and
Guy Aitchison (London, OK) Following his unopposed coronation by a near-unanimous Labour party a 'humbled' Brown gave his official acceptance speech, and it looks like he's
