If you haven't heard about the markets before, or simply lost track, then you might like to know that openDemocracy is running a set of predictive markets to
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There is a lot of discussion about Obama's magnificent speech on race and America. In openDemocracy Kanishk Tharoor has a fine assessment and links
Guy Aitchison reviews No Overall Control? The impact of a Hung Parliament on British Politics edited by Alex Brazier and Susanna Kalitowski, Hansard Society (with contributions from David Butler, Vernon
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Recently I made a joke about a boring headline on Tom Nairn's speech on how globalisation now favours countries like Scotland. This time, the
Tom Griffin (London, The Green Ribbon): As the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement approaches, there is growing evidence that the inclusive vision of 1998 is being undermined by
Jon Bright (London, OK): Wouldn't it be a shame if the House of Lords, which has just recently come over all Web 2.0, was swept away before
Jon Bright (London, OK): Some time ago Alex Parsons floated his idea of the Delegated Vote on these pages. He's refined the system somewhat, and wants to present
Jon Bright (London, OK): As a fistful of polling cards are stuffed through my front door, containing the full names and register numbers of all the 10 or so people
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): On 6 March Policy Exchange invited me to a showing of Charlie Wilson's War, scheduled for tonight, followed by a discussion. I was very
Beatrice Barleon (London, Women and the Vote): 2008 marks the 90th anniversary of women winning the right to vote and to be elected to the House of Commons, as well
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): It's one of those moments when the peculiarities and contradictions of our current system are truly brought home. A group of peers have started
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Death and dying are just as much human rights issues as are life and living. Yet while we have a clearly formulated right to life
