Jon Bright (London, OK): The leaders of both major UK parties, in slightly different ways, promised some kind of "new politics" when they first assumed their respective offices.
Gareth Young (Lewes, CEP): Anthony Barnett has asked me to write a piece about the “way forward” for the CEP - the Campaign for an English Parliament. To be honest it’
Tom Griffin (London, The Green Ribbon) The Scottish Parliament Commission held its first meeting at Holyrood on Monday. One name which didn't feature on the panel of fifteen
OurKingdom is running a short series of posts looking at various aspects of local government - you can read the series in full here.
This is an anonymous post from someone
Catherine Reilly (Dublin, Metro Eireann): Burying bad news: never really a good idea, is it?
Just ask the former British government spin doctor who infamously called 9/11 a good
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There is an interesting James Forsyth post in the Speccy on the half-hearted and unenthusiatic endorsements of Livingstone from the left(ish) media. You could
Jon Bright (London, OK): OurKingdom was founded partly in the belief that points of "crisis" - when flaws in the current system can no longer be ignored - provide opportunities
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I arrived at the CEP – the Campaign for an English Parliament - annual conference yesterday as Mike Knowles was summing up his introduction asking why the 550
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* The devolved nations begin to challenge PFI
* The Bank of England swaps mortagages for bonds
* England celebrates St. George's day
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Peter Oborne reviews Who Runs Britain? by Robert Peston.
This book brilliantly shows how New Labour hand-in-hand with a rapacious capitalist class have created the conditions for our
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OurKingdom is running a short series of posts looking at various aspects of local government - you can read the series in full here.
Dominic Potter (London, Involve): There is currently
