Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I have just come back from one of the most extraordinary political meetings I've ever been to in a long life of such events.
Henry Porter reports for us from last night's No2ID mayoral hustings.
Henry Porter (London, journalist): Under Ken Livingstone, London has become the most watched city in the free
Jon Bright (London, OK): It's been interesting to watch the writing coming out of the House of Lords blog, which is managing to quickly dispel my initial cynicism
With Zimbabwe, China and the Olympics all in the news in recent weeks we have a number of markets covering them.
Gareth Young (Lewes, CEP): During Prime Minister's Question Time on 21st November 2007 Gordon Brown misled Parliament when he claimed that the Barnett Formula was based on need.
Jon Bright (London, OK): I picked this up thanks to Jon Worth's excellent Euroblog. Romanian Institute IPP have set up a new website which allows you to track
Neena Gill (West Midlands, Labour MEP): The financial crisis in the US will have a serious impact on Britain and Europe's economic outlook for years to come. Unsustainable
Jon Bright (London, OK): The UK is one of sixteen countries taking part in the "First Universal Periodic Review" being run by the UN Commission for Human Rights.
Jon Bright (London, OK): There's an excellent piece by Rachel Sylvester in today's Telegraph charting the demise of morale within the Brown government. No cataclysmic events,
Jon Bright (London, OK): A quick reminder about two No2ID events happening tonight.
In Manchester a debate entitled - "Towards a Universal DNA Database" :
Time: 7pm Place: Museum
Andrew Blick on Swimming with the tide: Democraticisng the places where we work by Chris Ward and Zoe Williams, Compass.
(Swimming with the tide, Compass, March 2008, 34pp)
Why is
The sight of symbolic attacks on a symbol (the flame) of a symbolic representation of war (the games) may seem too layered even for our mediatised sensitivities. And yet .... the
