Published in: openDemocracyUK
House of Lords elected? Tarts delight.

Published on: 25 November 2009

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett
Published in: openDemocracyUK
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...
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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...
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Peter Mandelson wants to turn off your internet

Published on: 23 November 2009

Written by: Felix Cohen All articles by Felix Cohen

Peter Mandelson is drinking the record label kool-aid
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Alien invasion!

Published on: 23 November 2009

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

I have just seen this and it seems all the more relevant today. No doubt if they try it again, it will be tasered first!
Published in: openSecurity
Rwanda’s human rights failings exposed in Commonwealth bid

Published on: 23 November 2009

Written by: Maddy Fry All articles by Maddy Fry

Rwanda’s Commonwealth bid meets opposition on human rights grounds. Iran’s opposition resolute in the face of...
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"Death on the Rock": 21 years later and still the official version lives on

Published on: 23 November 2009

Written by: David Elstein All articles by David Elstein

Looking back on the shooting of three IRA members by an SAS squad on the streets of Gibraltar
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Demarchy – can the people rule?

Published on: 23 November 2009

Written by: Martin Wilding All articles by Martin Wilding

In a small nation on the Western margin of the British Isles, amidst sheep and rocks and old mines, the world’s...
Published in: openDemocracyUK
The future of England

Published on: 22 November 2009

Written by: David Wildgoose All articles by David Wildgoose

David Wildgoose's address to the Campaign for an English Parliament
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Britain's new internet law

Published on: 22 November 2009

Written by: Thomas Ash All articles by Thomas Ash

Britain's alarming Digital Economy Bill
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Peter Townsend and Tony Benn

Published on: 21 November 2009

Written by: Stuart Weir All articles by Stuart Weir
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The Future of England

Published on: 20 November 2009

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett
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A rebellious Parliament, but not a democratic one

Published on: 19 November 2009

Written by: Andrew Blick All articles by Andrew Blick

The current UK Parliament is one of the most rebellious in history - but this isn't a sign of democratic health.
Published in: openSecurity
Vice-president's veto leaves Iraqi election law in disarray

Published on: 18 November 2009

Written by: Rukeyya Khan All articles by Rukeyya Khan

Iraqi vice-president’s veto threatens Iraqi elections. Seven out of ten Afghans blame poverty and corruption for...
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Grading Gordon on the Queen's Speech

Published on: 18 November 2009

Written by: Guy Aitchison All articles by Guy Aitchison

The Queen's Speech offered Brown what will likely be his last chance to deliver on the new politics he has...
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Bloggers respond to threat of PPC regulation

Published on: 18 November 2009

Written by: Guy Aitchison All articles by Guy Aitchison
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Illiberal responses to the national debt

Published on: 17 November 2009

Written by: Guy Aitchison All articles by Guy Aitchison
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Wasting money, freedom and security

Published on: 17 November 2009

Written by: Alex Holland All articles by Alex Holland

How police surveillance of peaceful protestors in the UK puts our lives as well as freedoms in danger - a personal...
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The Shape of the Table

Published on: 15 November 2009

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

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