"Opening up new forms of political participation to hear the voices of the politically marginalised is critical for the well being of our polity." Interview for the World Forum for Democracy 2016.
Why Katrina Percy had to go.
The latest twist in the Bake Off saga is a reminder of why we should be suspicious about the draft BBC Charter’s emphasis on “distinctiveness”
Non-voters aren't apathetic, but alienated. Corbyn needs to mobilise them to win.
The old British state is crumbling.
The fallout from Brexit is an existential crisis for the future of devolution and Wales’ so-called ‘progressive’ identity.
“A few days later the PM and the Health Secretary, Hunt, have ready a proposal to train more British doctors - the same Hunt who has upset the majority of British doctors.”
The BBC looks set to keep its religious coverage, but in a society where people increasingly identify as irreligious, how can it remain relevant?
Workers who provide essential services and compassion to vulnerable people are being forced to fight for the minimum wage.
To penetrate walls of official secrecy and eddies of highly selective information provision, civil society might use the proposed benchmark of accountability demands to help navigate this difficult area.
A new bill threatens decades of carefully drafted laws designed to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in care.
The act of listening and the power of voice constitute the ‘act in the dark’ which can unite us and re-shape the punitive and hostile immigration landscape in Britain.
