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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhen will the walls in Belfast come down?The wall may be down in Berlin, but there are still plenty of them in Belfast.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe wider tragedy of Gordon Brown: New Labour, the Murdoch press and the state of our democracy
What the Brown v Sun affair says about Labour, the wider left, and the sorry state of democracy in the UK
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOurKingdom moves to a new site
As I'm sure you've noticed by now, OurKingdom has migrated to a new site along with the rest of the openDemocracy clan.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA referendum, yes - but in or out
David Marquand responds to Eurosceptic attacks on his recent post
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA new type of activism is being born
Is activism dead – or is it blooming?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPolice confiscation powers to be given to councils, quangos and others
We should be concerned about powers given to local councils and quangos
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlair for EU? Nonsense from start to finish
Rumours that Tony Blair will be EU President are based on misconceptions
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Future of Politics?
The role for think tanks to take as they debate the ideas needed "for fixing the essential plumbing of our body politic"
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMet watchdog must hold police command to account for the G20
A guest post by Helen of Police State UK
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBonfire of the Constitution
An excerpt from Anthony Barnett's Guardian commentary
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCameron and the EU
It looks as if David Cameron is once again going to dance rings around Gordon Brown and his ministers
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPaul Myners has a point
On Tuesday morning one of our Treasury Ministers, Paul (Lord) Myners, remarked in a radio interview on the dangers...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhose Side Are They On? How Big Brother Government is Ruining Britain
Alan Pearce, author of Whose Side Are They On? How Big Brother Government is Ruining Britain, explains why he was...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKKelly alone isn't enough - Power2010's open letter to party leaders
If any more evidence were needed that the Westminster system is itself sick and in dire need of treatment then the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDavid Nutt and the drugs debate
How can we grow intelligent government, allowing the open input of unelected specialists, and what wuld an effective...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain is good at dealing with diversity
The UK copes with the issue of ethnic difference more maturely than its neighbours, whatever the BNP may want us to believe