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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society IV: Matthew TaylorHow will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Matthew Taylor, chief...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDavid Marquand discusses the post-election political terrainPolitical thinker, historian and OurKingdom regular David Marquand discusses republicanism, the future of the left...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society III: Will StrawHow will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Will Straw, editor of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Labour leadership candidates on the future of Britain: Andy BurnhamAndy Burnham talks to OurKingdom about political reform, civil liberties and the English Question.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow does local government join the Big Society?The government has been very clear in its vision that a smaller state is needed to liberate society. But how should...
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Published in: openEconomyWe let it slip... Mervyn King at the TUC
Mervyn King, independent public servant, explains and apologises in public. The governor of the Bank of England's...
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Published in: openEconomyAlways waste a good crisis: reflections on King's call to the Trade Union Congress
The UK's coalition government should come clean: the cuts are about much more than deficit reduction. The project to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA quick history of the Big Society
The "Big Society" idea is a phony PR invention dreamt up by people with little experience in civil society....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKContest hots up as final stretch of voting begins
Can the underdog snatch the crown with a last minute surge? Will the second preferences swing it? With only a few...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society II: Neal Lawson
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society project? Niki Seth Smith is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOn "doing God"
There was a fascinating response from former Labour minister Stephen Timms MP at the weekend to a speech made by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Labour leadership candidates on the future of Britain: Ed MilibandEd Miliband, one of the frontrunners for the Labour leadership, answers questions on political reform, civil liberty...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Cuts Won't Work
I've just got back from a superlative evening of entertainment and political discussion at the Cut's Won't Work...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Left and the Big Society I: Sunder Katwala
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society idea? Niki Seth Smith talks to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Challenge of the Big Society
OurKingdom launches an investigation into the challenges of the Big Society.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMPs and the Big Society
Whatever your views on the Conservatives' Big Society idea for the UK, it seems reasonable to ask what our political...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Labour leadership candidates on the future of Britain: Diane Abbott
The final week of voting is under way in the Labour leadership election with the new leader set to be announced in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat State is the Pope visiting - and who is its head?The importance of the Pope's visit, or is it the unimportance, which if so would itself be significant is that it is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFour reasons why Conservatives should back PR
What should be asked, loud and clear, is why are supposedly modern Conservatives defending the First Past the...
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Published in: HomeThe white and pleasant land
A racist assault on unfamiliar ground provokes Delwar Hussain to reflect on why the British countryside looks less...
