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# Weekly Roundup
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/weekly-roundup/
- Published: 2008-04-20T10:04:31.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:40:11.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:41

Published this week:

**News**

- The UK holds bilateral talks [with itself](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/16/schizophrenic-uk-holds-bilateral-talks-with-itself/?ref=opendemocracy.net)
- ACPO releases a [report ](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/16/how-our-media-defines-the-immigration-issue/?ref=opendemocracy.net)claiming stories of migrant crime waves are "myths"
- Ireland's new leaders [meet](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/14/irelands-new-leaders-meet/?ref=opendemocracy.net)

**Comment**

- We shouldn't be swapping valuable bonds for worthless mortgages, [argues ](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/16/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-banks/?ref=opendemocracy.net)Tony Curzon Price
- Sunny Hundal [calls ](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/15/their-rebellion-may-sink-brown-but-save-our-democracy/?ref=opendemocracy.net)for a Labour rebellion - which might sink Brown, but save our democracy
- Alasdair Murray and Pia Gadkari [claim](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/14/the-mayors-and-the-migrants-was-anyone-listening/?ref=opendemocracy.net) the most significant event of the mayoral race has been all but ignored

**Debate**

- Should the Ham and High have [published an advert for the BNP](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/15/ham-and-hate/?ref=opendemocracy.net)?
- Who are Paul Kingsnorth's [English](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/17/kingsnorths-english/?ref=opendemocracy.net)?
- Do we need a Britain that can [punch above its weight](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/04/17/the-speccie-on-england/?ref=opendemocracy.net)?