Tom Griffin (London, The Green Ribbon): At yesterday's PMQs, Gordon Brown distanced himself from Wendy Alexander's call for an early referendum on Scottish independence:
"The
OurKingdom is running a short series of posts looking at various aspects of local government - you can read the series in full here.
Amelia Cookson (London, Local Government Information Unit)
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Consider the life of a regular family. The twelve year old is just coming back late from school after skateboarding and hanging out with some friends,
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): This argument by Tim Luckhurst in the Times is a hare that is going to run: any referendum on whether Scotland should leave the Union impacts
A breakdown of the local election results in Wales which were catastrophic for Labour.
(This is a revised post reporting the corrected results. Thanks to those who pointed this out
Arthur Aughey reviews Real England: The Battle Against the Bland by Paul Kingsnorth.
In his The Costs of Economic Growth published in 1969, EJ Mishan famously observed that economic growth,
Fair Deal (Belfast, Slugger O’Toole): The three Unionist parties in Scotland with the support of the central government have established a 15 member Commission to examine the future political
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): As OK readers will know (thanks Doug) Wendy Alexander has turned over her views on a referendum and has now challenged Alex Salmond to "bring
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): Could the election of Boris Johnson (a man most famous for appearing on HIGNFY) provide the cue for other TV personalities and celebs to enter into
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Richard Holme, or Lord Holme of Cheltenham (being a peer suited him), who has just died, deserves a place in the pitifully meagre pantheon of
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): This is a very disturbing post by Claire Provost in the New Statesman. If ever there are ever wide scale demonstrations against the authoritarian powers new
David Erdos (Conference Organiser, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Oxford): 2008 is an important year for anniversaries connected with civil rights and democracy. In particular, alongside the fortieth anniversary of
