Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Political Betting has a good short summary of,
The big political news in the UK this morning...[is] the future of the Speaker of the House
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I've just seen this the opening para of a report by Peter Riddell in the Times (which is still learning the courtesy of linking
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
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-to-that, attitude that is only bearable
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