Anthony Barnett (London, OK): With perfect timing the Smith Institute has released "Towards a new Constitutional Settlement" a book of essays edited by Chris Bryant, Labour MP for
It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: a Cato institute libertarian, a black American Clintonite and an MBA-strategy highflyer all meet in a BBC studio to talk about
Peter Oborne (Whitehall): The victory of the SNP has an historic importance which stretches way beyond Scotland. It has created a new architecture for British politics. Specifically, I do not
Guy Aitchison: I went to the May Day Involve seminar to hear Ed Miliband, now Minister for the Third Sector, talk about citizenship. He said that the 1945 Labour government
Anthony Barnett (London): And what about England? In the run up to the elections on the 300th anniversary of the Union Roger Scruton writes a mischievous openDemocracy article, more a
Yesterday was World Press Freedom Day; a day designated by the UN to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of press and remind governments about their responsibility to uphold
Anthony Barnett: Is Wales getting more like England or Scotland as a result of today’s elections in the two smaller nations? Is the rise of the Welsh speaking Tories
You might remember that story 'man forced to marry goat' which topped the BBC website's 'Most Read' section for several weeks. These 'live
OurKingdom will be a modest section of openDemocracy’s new site. Its focus is on the destiny of Britain. It will discuss Britain’s nations, institutions, constitution, administration, liberties, justice,
I wonder if Mick Jagger ever thinks about it: 1969, Altamont Pass, California. The crowd assembled to listened to him are in a state of excitement. In the Dionysian excitement,
Part of the Power Inquiry and the European Citizens Consultations blog entries.
by Oli Henman
As the British government faces up to the need to work constructively to define the
We have ways of celebrating the first of May in Berlin. It begins on the 30th April with Walpurgisnacht, (the night of the witches as depicted in Goethe’s Faust)
