Suzy Dean (London, The Manifesto Club): Last Thursday, while visiting George Washington University, Jack Straw declared that the proposed Bill of Rights and Responsibilities would involve a mixture of symbolic
OurKingdom is supporting Liberal Conspiracy’s campaign against 42 days detention, and will be publishing a series of posts about it over the next few weeks. Labour rebels will decide
Stuart Weir & Andrew Blick (Cambridge & London, Democratic Audit): The latest revelations about the dropped serious fraud office investigation into the BAe-Saudi Arms deal demonstrate the need for
Anthony asks below - "What's wrong with the Tories?" This is a response.
Tony Curzon Price (London, oD): David Willets on Vampire Bat Blood Sharing is what&
Alexandra Runswick (London, Unlock Democracy): Politicians from across the political spectrum are increasingly talking about involving citizens in constitutional reform issues - whether it's the National Conversation in Scotland,
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Janet Daley wrote a column in Monday's Telegraph on there NOT being a need to define "Britishness". Diplomatically, she didn't
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): It went largely unnoticed last week, but Justice Minister Michael Wills gave a short speech at Lincoln's Inn on how the constitutional reform programme
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I think I know what the problems are with the Labour Party and perhaps I should write about them more. But I prefer to explore what
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): As readers of openDemocracy know I have been taking a serious interest in what Obama is about and the forces beneath the foam. If his campaign
Jon Bright (London, OK): Mark Bell of CentreForum has an interesting piece in CiF today asking the above question. I had a rather ingrained resistance to the idea, but he
Philip Hosking (Cornwall, The Cornish Democrat): Jack Straw gave a speech at the George Washington University about the UK's and USA's constitutional heritage and what a
Political parties would not need as many funds as they currently do, if certain political activites were disallowed. I would therefore like to suggest we should ban all advertisements, be
