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China casts doubt on escalation of sanctions against Iran

Published on: 1 December 2009

Written by: Dries Belet All articles by Dries Belet

China calls for talks with Iran rather than sanctions. Obama to announce 34,000 troop increase. Israel lashes out at...
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Tory Britain? Part 1: Red Blondism

Published on: 1 December 2009

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Scotland’s real debate: the wider campaign for genuine self-government

Published on: 30 November 2009

Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan
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'Sorry seems to be an easier word': Brown and the politics of apology

Published on: 30 November 2009

Written by: Andy Mycock All articles by Andy Mycock

Kevin Rudd’s apology to the 'Forgotten Australians' highlights the difficulties of dealing with Britain's imperial...
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Ukraine: on the bumpy road to democracy

Published on: 29 November 2009

Written by: Andreas Umland All articles by Andreas Umland

Through the Orange Revolution in 2004 Ukraine turned its back on authoritarian politics and started on the bumpy...
Published in: openSecurity
Pakistan PM warns Obama on Afghan escalation

Published on: 27 November 2009

Written by: Oliver Scanlan All articles by Oliver Scanlan

The prime minister of Pakistan has warned the Obama administration against increasing troop levels in Afghanistan....
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How do you become a king, then?

Published on: 27 November 2009

Written by: Iain McLean All articles by Iain McLean
Published in: openDemocracyUK
What can London Citizens teach the left?

Published on: 27 November 2009

Written by: Guy Aitchison All articles by Guy Aitchison

A look at London Citizens, the grass-roots community organisation, and its recent Autumn Assembly
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Looking into the void: James Naughtie’s northern odyssey, part two

Published on: 27 November 2009

Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan

After James Naughtie’s laugh a minute, cliché-ridden put down of Scotland and the town of Kilmarnock, I listened to...
Published in: openDemocracyUK
3 days left to tell us how politics should change...

Published on: 27 November 2009

Written by: ourKingdom editors All articles by ourKingdom editors

There's just a short time left to contribute to POWER2010, the grassroots campaign to renew and strengthen our...
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Parliamentary reforms worth fighting for

Published on: 26 November 2009

Written by: Andrew Blick All articles by Andrew Blick

You may not have noticed, but a battle important to parliamentary democracy commenced yesterday.
Published in: openDemocracyUK
UK complicity in torture in Pakistan

Published on: 26 November 2009

Written by: Ali Dayan Hasan All articles by Ali Dayan Hasan

Human Rights Watch publishes a disturbing new report, "Cruel Britannia: British Complicity in the Torture and...
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Some thoughts on James Naughtie’s Sunshine on Scotland

Published on: 26 November 2009

Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Police tactics at G20 slammed - but will anything change?

Published on: 25 November 2009

Written by: Andy May All articles by Andy May

The final HMIC report on the G20 puts another nail in the coffin in the current oppressive model of protest policing.
Published in: openDemocracyUK
The real scandal in the hacked climate change e-mails controversy

Published on: 25 November 2009

Written by: Rupert Read All articles by Rupert Read
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Babysteps on the road to Parliamentary reform

Published on: 25 November 2009

Written by: Alexandra Runswick All articles by Alexandra Runswick
Published in: openDemocracyUK
House of Lords elected? Tarts delight.

Published on: 25 November 2009

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett
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Public service guarantees

Published on: 24 November 2009

Written by: Stuart Weir All articles by Stuart Weir

Discussion of Britain's public service guarantees involved predictable fretting about "opening the floodgates to the...
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Where is Scotland going? Foreign lands and forgotten places

Published on: 24 November 2009

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

Written by: Gerry Hassan All articles by Gerry Hassan

The future of Britain is at stake as the country heads towards an election year: a recent Scottish by-election gave...
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Graham Allen says it as it is

Published on: 24 November 2009

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

The long time Labour MP for Nottingham North issues a bitter, swinging assessment of the pernicious collusion of...

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