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Published in: openDemocracyUKForget parties, we need a system of 'issue based politics'
We should elect ministers directly, give them a substantial slice of votes, and combine their votes with those of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Carswell and Brand are both wrong about British politics
Neither individualism nor therapeutic withdrawal from the political arena are enough to empower people to make the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUnder the banner of democracy: left parties in a new age of oligarchy
While the defence of democratic sovereignty is a central defensive battleground, there lies an offensive task as...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfter the party - what can political parties learn from 38 Degrees
If parties are to avoid terminal decline they must heed the lessons 38 Degrees offers - people want influence and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe mass party is dying, and it won't be missed
Representative democracy was a considerable improvement on feudalism, and political parties a part of that shift....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNew series - After the party?
OurKingdom and Birkbeck’s Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life today launch our new series on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFree event: After the Party? The future of and beyond the mass party
In collaboration with OurKingdom, the Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life at Birkbeck are...