Is Britain breaking up?
With Scotland voting on Thursday in an election that could lead to a second independence referendum and increased talk of a 'border poll' in Northern Ireland, is Britain breaking up? And why? Where does England fit in this story? Hear from a panel of experts from across Britain's political divides about the union's past, present and future.
6 May 2021, 12.01am
Hear from:
Sarah Creighton Writer and lawyer from Belfast
Matthew O'Toole Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for South Belfast
Adam Ramsay openDemocracy main site editor
Richard Wyn Jones Professor of Welsh Politics, Cardiff University
Chair, Peter Geoghegan openDemocracy UK investigations editor and author of 'The People's Referendum: Why Scotland Will Never be the Same Again'
Why should you care about freedom of information?
From coronation budgets to secretive government units, journalists have used the Freedom of Information Act to expose corruption and incompetence in high places. Tony Blair regrets ever giving us this right. Today's UK government is giving fewer and fewer transparency responses, and doing it more slowly. But would better transparency give us better government? And how can we get it?
Join our experts for a free live discussion at 5pm UK time on 15 June.
Hear from:
Claire Miller Data journalism and FOI expert
Martin Rosenbaum Author of ‘Freedom of Information: A Practical Guidebook’; former BBC political journalist
Jenna Corderoy Investigative reporter at openDemocracy and visiting lecturer at City University, London
Chair: Ramzy Alwakeel Head of news at openDemocracy
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