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Published in: openDemocracyUKModernity, community, and the contested future: Thoughts on the Labour leadership electionAmidst all the discussion of Tony Blair's legacy in the Labour leadership election, one important question has been...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDavid Miliband can't win a national election because of Iraq
Iraq remains a defining issue of political trust and democracy. The leading candidate in Labour's election has...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCaroline Lucas on the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill
Caroline Lucas MP had prepared a speech for the Second Reading debate on the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShould we be worried about Blair's free speech?The cancellation by Tony Blair of several events on his book tour this week due to fears of disruption by anti-war...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Labour case for AV
In an important new pamphlet, seeking to persuade his party of the need to fight for reform in the forthcoming...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK"For the Sake of Simplicity": hypocrisy at the service of AVIt is one thing to offer the country a compromise, but the way Britain's Coalition government is going about reform...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan the EU Referendum Campaign catch a spark?
A bold new campaign has been launched to secure a referendum on our membership of the European Union. Can it succeed?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Culture Media and Sports Committee question BBC Annual Report and Accounts
Michael Lyons, Mark Thompson and Zarin Patel before the Culture Media and Sports Committee
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEnergy security
Powerful people share our vision. And all we had to do was call our vision “energy security"
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlair, Lauren Booth and political islam
Whilst Tony Blair's book tour is repeatedly disrupted by anti-war protesters, his sister-in-law Lauren Booth has a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSpeeches from Parliament's electoral reform debate I
Yesterday's Second Reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies bill should have been a historic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe roots of Blair's hostility to Freedom of Information
That Tony Blair regrets introducing the Freedom of Information Act has been known for some time. But the force with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMyAid or WhyAid?
A new UK government proposal to allow the public to determine how development aid is spent has come under heavy...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe first Tony Blair book and the failure of New LabourWhen trying to understand what happened to New Labour, it is instructive to compare the spirit of progressive...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat is behind Carswell's STV amendment?Ahead of second reading of the AV referendum bill, Douglas Carswell MP has announced on his blog that he is planning...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Heart of the Matter II: the deadly dance of premiers and proprietors
The power of Murdoch over the British police and prime ministers is not a new story but thanks to the New York Times...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRacial exclusion in the world of online dating
There are plenty of people who don’t regard publicly announcing their racial preferences as wrong in any way.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlair's book tour kicks off with a bang
There was an angry reception for Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin today. In the kind of scenes the ex-Prime...
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