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A new approach to canvassing - what happened when I asked for help!
I ought to have known better really. I know that there were all those years in which I didn’t bother to join the labour party because I assumed they didn’t need any help from me. When I did fina… more →
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Something Rotten in the State of Denmark?
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The Copenhagen Summit: Note Herrings at Table Centre... “Do not, as some ungracious pastors do … more →
A new approach to canvassing - what happened when I asked for help!
wrote 1 month ago: I ought to have known better really. I know that there were all those years in which I didn’t bother … more →
More on Tak Bai
wrote 1 month ago: PPT readers will find this new article at openDemocracy of interest. Tyrell Haberkorn’s … more →
Communism-Needed,a more Humane one.
wrote 2 months ago: Communism stood for certain principles,namely equality,eradcation of the difference between the Have … more →
Fighting fire with fire
wrote 4 months ago: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that police acted in self-defence in Genoa but the fami … more →
Politics will make you mad
wrote 4 months ago: you don't have to be... but it helps A couple of different commentators in the same paper today … more →
Indifference as an assumption is self-defeating
wrote 6 months ago: TechCrunch opines on the open government efforts and the pros and cons of being more open. I’ … more →
Partnerships: China & Africa
wrote 6 months ago: China and Africa’s relationship has gone largely unnoticed by most of the developed world. It has bl … more →
Find out more about your MP.
wrote 6 months ago: Most people go from one election to the next without thinking about their MP, unless they find thems … more →
At the Count
wrote 7 months ago: I spent a large part of Friday at the count of the County Council Vote from Stafford. In Stafford as … more →
The debating style of Bill Cash.
wrote 7 months ago: Before the excitement about expenses, I watched a three hour opposition day debate on the Inquiry at … more →
When David Cameron says "That's Rubbish!" it's time to reach for your pen.
wrote 7 months ago: When David Cameron says “That’s Rubbish!” it may be time to reach for your pen. I remember the first … more →
The Architectural Photographer as Terrorist
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wrote 8 months ago: Of all the accounts, of all the testimonies, of all the confused interactions, bumbling application … more →
openDemocracy on the Thai crisis
wrote 8 months ago: At openDemocracy, an article by Tyrell Haberkorn on the current Thai crisis has been posted. Haberko … more →
Jo Swinson: "I want to put Parliament on YouTube"
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wrote 10 months ago: Jo Swinson, Britain’s youngest MP, e-mails me back instantly when I contact her to arrange a … more →
Gérard Prunier at Open Democracy
wrote 1 year ago: “The DR Congo, devastated by years of civil and foreign wars between 1996 and 2003, had manage … more →
Security Council Sclerosis
wrote 1 year ago: Interesting, biting, piece about the U.N. Security Council and how to improve it by ex-diplomat Carn … more →
Douglas Rushkoff: the next renaissance belongs to the network
wrote 1 year ago: Douglas Rushkoff’s recent speech on the potential for a type of “open source democracy … more →
India: states of insecurity Courtesy : Open democracy
wrote 2 years ago: Ajai SahniA fresh bombing wave in Uttar Pradesh and land-confrontation in West Bengal expose the Ind … more →
