Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Slight shifts in public knowledge of and interest in politics, nothing tectonic. "Key findings" in the poll for the fifth annual Audit of
Jake Beavan over at Unlock Democracy tries blowing into the fog to see more clearly what on earth the government is planning.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK) Just over a week ago Avaaz launched its petition in support of the people and monks of Tibet. We backed it on openDemocracy. Over a million
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I have just read Time Magazine's gripping analysis of what is happening in Britain, where young people are now subject to violence and perpetrate
Simon Barrow (London, Ekklesia): In spite of widespread disapproval of the tenor of his remarks on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, it appears that Cardinal Keith O'Brien
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There are 'must reads' in the sense of 'catch this latest hot gossip' and there are 'must reads' which are
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Iain Dale has just written a striking lament about the disgrace of sham consultations. Those who succeed in getting elected as MPs can feel like this
Rupert Read (Norwich, The Green Party): Local election campaigning kicked off this week - what will it mean for the UK's fourth party?
A lot of focus will
Tom Griffin (London, The Green Ribbon) The Telegraph's Damian Thompson has a theory about why Gordon Brown is considering ditching the Act of Settlement.
This is the first
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): While suffering from a bad cold I got a very interesting long email from David Marquand who started with our Networking Democracy initiative, and said
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Keith Sutherland (Exeter, Imprint Academic): Alex Parsons’ inspired proposal for the delegated vote would help to restore democratic legitimacy. However it does nothing to address the more fundamental problem of
This is a response to Charlie Winstanley's post on the upcoming NUS governance review.
Gemma Tumelty, (London, National Union of Students): Charlie Winstanley's article on the
