Anthony (@AnthonyBarnett) is the founding Editor-in-Chief of openDemocracy (2001-7), the Co-Director of The Convention on Modern Liberty (2009), the first Director of Charter 88 (1988-95). He was a member of the editorial advisory group of the Bureau of Investigative Reporting (2014-18). Anthony has authored four books and edited one collection, and co-authored two books and co-edited two collections of essays, listed here. He also sits on the Board of The Open Trust.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKD-Day and the Constitution! Why Britain needs a written constitution by Lord ScarmanLord Scarman helped plan the D-Day landings – and in later years was a bold supporter of constitutional reform. We...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCool it, CleeseAn open letter to John Cleese on London, Brexit and Englishness.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMay was the Daily Mail's PM. The day after it told her to go, she wentModern British politics are shaped by the whims of its major newspapers – right up to when the prime minister resigns.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRevolt or status quo: the options for UK voters in the European electionsIf the UK’s pro-European movement is to have a future it needs to change its game.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohn Smith and the path Britain did not takeWhen we lost John Smith, we lost a leader who would have taken Labour and Britain down the path of radical and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat should Corbyn do now? A response to Aaron Bastani"Brexit confronts us with an unavoidable binary choice. We are either in the EU or not. The key question is which of...