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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat ideas came out of the Deliberative Poll and why?As readers of OurKingdom will know, POWER 2010 has just launched a nationwide poll to choose five proposals for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnti-fascist MEP threatens legal action over expulsion by Tories
Edward McMillan-Scott MEP may take legal action against the Conservative Party after an internal appeal panel upheld...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEuropean Court rules against stop and search, so why are our judges so weak?
Back in 2003 the police used stronger stop and search powers from the government’s anti-terrorism laws to harass,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKElitism, Philistinism and Populism: the sorry tale of British Higher Education Policy
It can hardly be a coincidence: a key government adviser proposing a massive rise in university fees just as the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJanuary Competition - Win Oscar Wilde "Disobedience" T-Shirt
The latest addition to Philosophy Football's 'dissenters' T-shirt range features these words from that iconoclastic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIgnore Islam4UK, don’t ban them
In a democratic society, the decision to ban an organization when it is not directly responsible for violence is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSunday morning with James Fishkin and POWER2010
Rosemary Bechler gives her account as an observer of the POWER2010 Deliberative Poll.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNo fare deal for London or Venezuela
Not many Londoners can be happy as they grope through the frozen murkiness of the commute to their first days back...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPOWER2010 Deliberative Poll on Channel 4 News
POWER2010 Deliberative Poll on Channel 4 News
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Missing Value in British Politics
In this taster of his forthcoming book, Why Voice Matters: Culture and Politics After Neoliberalism, Nick Couldry...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLeaders' troubles could shake devolution in Northern Ireland
It has been a strange couple of weeks in the politics of Northern Ireland. In a striking coincidence, the leaders of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK citizens gather to disuss how to reform the system
This weekend sees a landmark event in the POWER2010 campaign to reform British democracy. Ordinary citizens from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPolitical lessons from 1910
As we face the prospect of a Conservative Government, how we imagine our system ought to work will return to haunt...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKID database will track NI numbers
The Home Secretary has admitted in a Parliamentary answer that the Identity and Passport Service is collecting...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLiving in a world of make-believe: the mythmakers of the globalising age
Despite the failings of the neo-liberal model, the media still uses its advocates in City institutions, financial...