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Published in: openDemocracyUKFeeling British after the OlympicsThe Olympics have revealed once again that the British are fascinated with themselves and how they feel about who...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe ‘Great British Summer’, or Last of the British Summer Wine?
The festivities around the London Olympics and Diamond Jubilee will paint a picture of a stable, timeless...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA written constitution for Wales?
The First Minister of Wales has called for a written constitution that would redefine the relationship between the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt's a Leanne-slide! Plaid Cymru's new leader and her radical plans for Wales
Leanne Wood, the newly elected leader of Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru, brings with her a truly radical...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCameron and the future of the Union: a forum
The Prime Minister has conceded that there will be a Scottish independence referendum and argued the case for the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSame-sex marriage and the Church of England: an argument for disestablishment
A consultation has been launched on allowing civil partnerships to be registered on religious premises in England...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEngland and the Guardian's 'Disunited Kingdom'
The British media are now defensively acknowledging a post-imperial constitutional threat they have been silencing...
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Published in: Shine A LightMums in prison
Half of the women incarcerated in England and Wales have children. We know the devastating effect on kids with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK needs a Convention for a renewed federal union: an argument from WalesWelsh Assembly Member David Melding argues that ‘Little Britain’, as a truncated union of England and Wales, would...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Death of Positive Unionism: 10 reasons why there will be a single Scots referendum voteTo hold two referendums on Scottish independence would be without grounding or precedent, and dangerous for politics...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFestival of Britain 2011: microcosm of a troubled UnionAs Scotland faces the prospect of a vote on independence, the Festival of Britain 2011 is underway in central...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKConflicting fantasies of Scottish independence - and building a realityScottish independence has long been a political fantasy. Before the elections, the SNP allowed for conflicting...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow do we talk about Scotland?How should we talk about Scotland and the coming referendum on independence? A non-partisan debate is needed that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWelsh Labour must seek another Plaid coalition
Today, Welsh Labour reached the barrier to secure an Assembly majority, but failed to cross over. Will leader Carwyn...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Welsh Assembly elections will be a referendum on the Coalition... Labour will win
Tomorrow, Wales goes to the polls in the fourth Assembly elections. Daran Hill, an editor at WalesHome.org, gives a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe interdependency of progressive politics and devolution in the UK
Until we take a cold, hard look at England and its place in the world, social democracy will continue to languish...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBudget 2011: Reactions across the nations
Left Foot Forward’s devolution correspondent Ed Jacobs assesses reaction to Britain's 2011 budget in Scotland, Wales...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIf you're English, you're white - that's according to the 'National' CensusThose filling in the 2011 National Census in England and Wales are not offered the option of including 'English' or...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWell done Wales, hello English media!
I'm relieved that Wales voted 'yes' to the increase in powers for its Assembly. The question of independence is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe early days of a better nation? Wales will decide today“Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation,” was how the Scottish writer Alasdair Gray advised his...
