Alan Finlayson is Professor of Political and Social Theory at the University of East Anglia. His research is particularly concerned with the theory and practice of democratic politics, the study of political ideologies and also with political rhetoric. As part of a project supported by The Leverhulme Trust he has developed the website www.britishpoliticalspeech.org and is working to promote the theory, analysis and improved practice of political speech, oratory and argument in the UK.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat is Blue Labour? An Interview with Marc StearsIn the first of a series of interviews on "Blue Labour", Marc Stears argues that the UK Labour party must recover a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShould the left go Blue? Making sense of Maurice GlasmanAs the figurehead of 'Blue Labour', Maurice Glasman is being hailed as an intellectual guru for the Labour Party. In...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCompass' vote on opening out its membership is a sign of the pluralist timesCompass is deciding whether or not to open itself to members of any political party - rather than, as at present,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe philosophical significance of UKUncut
When activists under the banner of UK Uncut protest outside high-street shops on Saturday 18th December they will be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDavid Willetts is trying to conjure away the dangers of higher education reform with the magic word 'choice'
There are many different kinds of magic trick, but for all of them, one technique is the most important:...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain, greet the age of privatised Higher Education
Let’s be clear about what has happened. The House of Commons has not voted only for a rise in tuition fees in...