The Dar-ul-Uloom, a leading body of Muslim clerics of the Deobandi school in India, have for the first time branded terrorism as explicitly "un-Islamic". Though Muslim clerics the
Stuart Weir & Andrew Blick (Cambridge & London, Democratic Audit): It is remarkable that empirical study of power in the UK remains almost uncharted territory. Yet for democrats political and
Alexandra Runswick (London, Unlock Democracy): Last week the Justice Committee took evidence on the English Questions as part of their inquiry Devolution 10 years on (watch the video here -
It’s a funny old world.
Politicians sometimes regard the political process as consensual, as when they all go off to Lisbon or Bali, there to talk and talk and
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The journalist Claud Cockburn was, among other things, famous for having won a competition when he worked as a sub on the Times in the early
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Had a coffee with Martin Bright this morning. He is very angry with me for signing the Compass letter in support of Livingstone and made his
Matt Wardman (Leiester, The Wardman Wire): Here we go again. We have a government demanding that we let the power exist to lock people up for 42 days, and making
Stuart Weir reviews You've been Quango'd! Mapping power across the regions by Chris Leslie and Owen Dallison, NLGN.
A new NLGN report calls for quangos to
Jon Bright (London, OK): I remember, back in 2003, when the Labour government took the decision to downgrade cannabis to a Class C drug - meaning that casual users would
This is a further report from the Popular Participation in Constitutional Reform (PPCR) 'webinar', which openDemocracy participated in, along with Lexis Nexis, Mischon de Reya and Unlock Democracy.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Last weekend I wrote that I was snowed in in Athens and in case you didn't believe me, here I am standing on the
Peter Bradley (Nottingham, Speakers' Corner Trust): Last Friday Nottingham became the first city in the UK to adopt a Speakers' Corner since an Act of Parliament paved the
