Adam Ramsay is openDemocracy's special correspondent. You can follow him at @adamramsay. Adam is a member of the Scottish Green Party, sits on the board of Voices for Scotland and advisory committees for the Economic Change Unit and the journal Soundings.
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Published in: Home: OpinionLabour knows our democracy is broken. So why are its ‘reforms’ so weak?OPINION: Gordon Brown is on the money with his diagnosis of the problem. But his solutions aren’t nearly enough
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Published in: Home: OpinionKeir Starmer’s broken promises will come back to haunt him (and Labour)Britain’s Labour leader was elected as a left-winger, but then ran to the right. Why would voters trust anything he says?
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Published in: Home: AnalysisExplained: What the Supreme Court decision means for Scottish independenceWhile the question of Scotland’s independence won’t be solved by a British court, the ruling could cause chaos
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Published in: Home: OpinionElon Musk’s Twitter is more dangerous than you thinkBeyond Musk’s oft-repeated rants about free speech may lie shadier plans to recoup the $44bn he paid for the site
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Published in: Home: OpinionNo one voted for Rishi Sunak to return the UK to crippling austerityOPINION: Sunak wants yet another round of cuts to public spending. And just like in 2010, we didn’t vote for it
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Published in: Home: OpinionFirst-past-the-post was meant to deliver stability. It’s time to junk itOPINION: Our chaotic electoral system is the result of 60 years of tweaks to a fundamentally unjust base