The Chairman of the Conservative Yes Campaign describes how his party was sidelined from what was intended to be an all party campaign. He argues that the support of the Conservatives and Greens was critical to a Yes vote, while the Lib Dems' decision to take the lead set them on the road to failu
The Africa Centre in London has been a refuge and cultural beacon for four decades. After a secret deal to sell the building was leaked, a campaign was launched to save the Centre reaching across Africa and the diaspora. Yet the people are not being heard, reflecting the failures of democracy in t
The Yes to AV referendum campaign was a fiasco. Supporters of reform - activists, funders and voters - deserve an explanation. A public enquiry should be launched by JRRT, who took a leading role both in funding and organising the failed campaign
A Lib Dem and an OK Co-Editor strike different notes as they respond to the ruins of Britain's AV referendum campaign
David Mitchell has said that the prospect of Scottish independence makes him worried about his British national identity. Gareth Young responds by asking Mitchell and other Brits who wish to save the Union to imagine a multi-national Britain that embraces hybridity instead of relying on Anglo-cent
Startling wage inequality, shocking child poverty, but thankfully – to date - low support for fascism. Danny Dorling presents a snapshot of Britain’s more unusual features
We present the eighth of ten weekly episodes from a brutal novel by an acclaimed British author
Following the SNP's unexpected triumph, full or fiscal independence for Scotland are suddenly real possibilities. Salmond has five years to call a referendum, and the result is critical for the whole UK. Both the Conservatives and Labour will fight to protect the Union, but the centre-left has mor
On February 1st, a building owned by Glasgow University was occupied in protest against attempts to model the university on a business, in solidarity with the wider student movement against the rise in tuition fees and privatisation of higher education. Yesterday, the Free Hetherington celebrated
