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# OurKingdom Weekly Roundup
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourkingdom-weekly-roundup-1/
- Published: 2008-04-06T07:04:46.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:40:02.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:41

Some of the things published on in the last week:

**News**

- Heathrow's new [terminal fiasco](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/01/uk5/?ref=opendemocracy.net) continues
- Bertie Ahern [resigns](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/02/bertie-ahern-resigns/?ref=opendemocracy.net)
- House of Commons announces [adequacy ](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/04/parliament-must-be-ready-for-a-shifting-balance-of-power/?ref=opendemocracy.net)of select committees

**Comment**

- Simon Barrow looks at Tony Blair's [superpower theology](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/04/blair-declares-his-superpower-theology/?ref=opendemocracy.net)
- Ivo Mosley [visits ](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/category/studying-democracy/?ref=opendemocracy.net)the Political Studies Association conference - is academia no more than the intellectual regiment of Western hegemony?
- Stuart Weir claims the Hansard audit of political attitudes asked[ little of meaning](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/03/30/hansard-audit-asked-little-of-meaning/?ref=opendemocracy.net)

**Debate**

- Iain Dale and Anthony Barnett [debate ](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/02/britain-we-have-a-problem/?ref=opendemocracy.net)Thatcherism and violence
- Is AV the [solution ](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/01/av-is-not-the-solution/?ref=opendemocracy.net)for the UK's voting system?
- The [Networking Democracy](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/03/24/networking-democracy/?ref=opendemocracy.net) discussion group continues