Peter Facey (London, Unlock Democracy): There is a real danger that the debate about English devolution is becoming sterile, with the debate crystallising into two irreconcilable camps.
On the one
Neal Ascherson (London and Argyll, author): In Scotland, the utterly un-British spectacle of an effective and popular minority government is still on stage. Bad times for Alex Salmond'
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): Sunny Hundal has a piece on Cif today calling for the left to unite around the kind of radical democratic agenda he and others discussed last
J Clive Matthews (London, Europhobia): Ignore the stop-gap measure that is the new EU reform treaty and all the attendant calls for referenda. The really important developments for the
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Dan Leighton reviews: Why We Hate Politics by Colin Hay.
This book challenges dominant assumptions on political disengagement, showing how neo-liberal ideas and public choice theory have helped create
Jon Bright (London, OK): You may remember towards the end of September last year we reported briefly that Jacqui Smith had, by more or less "personal decree", given
Charter 88 and Constitutional Reform 1988-2008
A twentieth anniversary retrospective
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The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
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An Invitation for Papers and Contributions
Lee Waters (Cardiff): The fall-out from Peter Hain's resignation may take some time to be fully felt. The impact on the progress of Welsh devolution is especially
Jon Bright (London, OK): Last week we covered the Welsh Assembly's preemptive action on ID cards - guaranteeing that they will not be needed for access to devolved public
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