James Humphries knows a thing or two about politics and presentation, having - reportedly - sat across a desk from Alastair Campbell when he was as a strategy advisor to Tony Blair.
Is nuclear power the answer to climate change? "Buffy", a senior insider, doesn't think so. Read Buffy's arguments in the rapidly heating forums of
One should never underestimate the capacity of British institutions to patch themselves up and keep going. But the British general election is like a race between two sinking ships. The
With Britain's general election campaign in its final stretch, some hot button issues of real consequence may be coming to the fore. These include the legal basis on
Many great thoughts come in the bathtub. Important ones too. Read John Sterman and Linda Booth Sweeney on why, when it comes to climate change, "wait-and-see"
Today openDemocracy launches a forum on the climate friendly city of the future. Join others from round the world making the future happen here. Think, like, really, really green (some
Sensational claims about the coming end of oil are nothing new. They are probably misleading. And even if they contain a grain of truth, the "peak oil" theory
One journalist who is genuinely grappling with the system from within is Peter Oborne, political editor of the right-wing Spectator.His new book The Rise of Political Lying, published
Britain’s Prime Minister is still at it. Today he vigorously responded to all the attacks about lies and truth, rights and wrongs, legality and illegality. A decision had to
As part of the openDemocracy debate on the politics of climate change, we plan to build the world's best list of climate links on the web.
We need
Official Chinese media were not allowed to report on recent anti-Japan protests in Shanghai, and the word 'march' has even been censored on popular Chinese instant messaging
On the contents page of the edition of The New Yorker containing the first of Elizabeth Kolbert's articles on climate change (see previous post, The art of good
