Anthony Barnett (London, OK): David Wilcox over at Designing for Civil Society picks up from Guy's recent OK post on Michael Wills Citizens Summit speech and adds:
The
Tom Griffin (London, The Green Ribbon): Ian Paisley Jr became the first Minister to resign from Northern Ireland's Stormont administration this week. His departure is widely seen as
Jon Bright (London, OK): If you've been reading us since the year began you might of noticed we ran a "Year Ahead" series - asking some of
Jon Bright (London, OK): Nick Clegg has released this rather slick statement on his opposition to ID cards. Watch out for the amusing 1940s info clip in the middle from
Anthony Barnett & Jon Bright (London, OK): Yesterday openDemocracy participated in the seminar on popular participation which Alexandra Runswick plugged on our pages the day before. It was serious, wide
Sue Stirling (Newcastle, ippr north): On Tuesday we held Faithful Communities: Fostering Cohesion in Sunderland's fantastic Sikh Temple, with speeches from Rt Revd Dr Tom Wright, Bishop of
Jon Bright (London, OK): While we wait for the delivery of our first titan prisons, Jack Straw is today urging magistrates to send fewer people to jail. He's
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Guardian's veteran political correspondent Michael White cultivates a knowing, seen it all, it won't change, nor-should-it-if-it-comes-
Tony Curzon Price (London, oD): Anatole Kaletsky is just the latest to criticise the Rock's nationalisation mainly on the grounds that it distorts competition for banks that do
Anthony Barnett (London, OK):
There are times when one tragedy, one crime tells us how a whole system works behind its democratic facade and helps us to understand how much
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Anyone concerned about the rule of law, justice and what is going on in the UK should read this story in the Times by Camilla Cavendish.
Robert Colvile (London, The Telegraph & Centre for Policy Studies): Last month, Barack Obama raised almost $1 million a day - the vast bulk of it online. In Britain, meanwhile, our
