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Published in: openDemocracyUKMore English questions than answers at the Labour conferenceA plenary session organised by the Fabian Society as part of the Labour conference fringe in Manchester provided a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs ‘reduce and equalise’ a solution in search of a problem?The Coalition's proposals to reshape the UK's electoral geography by reducing the number of MPs and equalising the...
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Published in: HomeEd Miliband’s global moment
The election of a new leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party is a rare opportunity to put fresh thinking on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEd Miliband: too light on Iraq
UK Labour leader Ed Miliband drew a political line under Iraq in his conference speech. But a future statesman needs...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy trade unions are a good thing
It is about time that thinking people in the UK recognised that trade unions are a good thing, integral to democracy...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCould more women transform politics?It's radical equality that matters to the transformation of politics, not diversity as such - we continue our debate...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKStanding up for for the role of quangos
It is a very odd fact that somehow abolishing quangos is regarded per se as a good and even democratic action. But...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA Big Society needs republican values
Instead of rejecting the Conservatives' Big Society outright, the left should endorse its values but argue that the...
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Published in: HomeThe success of IslamophobiaToday, we see that the rules of western European racism are shifting. On the one hand, they are becoming less...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe reasonable compromises of Ed Miliband
Social Democracy has to compromise with capitalism and its markets if it is to gain and exercise power the question...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSurveillance does not make us safe
The UK is one of the most surveilled societies in the world along with North Korea. Is it all about solving crime?...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWas Ed Miliband’s majority the result of an AV mis-count?
Was the system used to elect Ed Miliband as Labour's new leader flawed?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPurple rally for fairer votes in ManchesterThere will be a purple rally on Tuesday evening calling on Ed Miliband to back the campaign for fairer votes.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAfter Labour's leadership election I: The role of trade unionsThe trade unions in the UK will have an important part to play in revitalising the Labour party and opposing the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society VI: Rachael Maskell of Unite
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? In the latest in our...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAt last regional news is sexy!
British local media is in trouble, we need a much more lively and intelligent approach than just government cuts and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFrom Helmand to Merseyside: Unmanned drones and the militarisation of UK policing
Serious questions must be asked about the use of military-style unmanned drones, pioneered in the war in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnd the new Labour leader says...
What the new leader of the official opposition could say if....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society V: Tessa JowellHow will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Tessa Jowell MP, former...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCoalition faces challenge to restore trade union rightsA new private members' bill aims to reverse the onerous restrictions on trade unions in the UK.
