Getting it backwards
A glaring bit of nonsense in an otherwise sensible article by Simon Jenkins today: One of many reasons for not subsidising national parties is that it will further encourage them to ignore the public...
View ArticleJeremy Hargreaves and Paul Walter get in a muddle…
Okay. It’s late, I’m tired, and so I’ll try to be as brief as I can. First of all Paul Walter: So please tell me which provisions of the proposed EU Treaty result in transfers of sovereignty from the...
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The new flag for a vassal state?
Millennium reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to blog about for a while now. The Ministry of Justice’s Governance of Britain initiative now has a logo (pictured). Is it my imagination or does...
View ArticleRecoil at recall!
Bad law is often passed when people encounter a problem, seize on a solution and wed themselves to it regardless of the unintended consequences. It’s the sort of kneejerk reaction we see from our...
View ArticleRowan Williams on religious hatred: quite silly actually
Before Thursday’s brouhaha about sharia law erupted, I had already intended to read Rowan Williams’ earlier speech about religious hatred laws, following on from the praise that Chris Keating garlanded...
View ArticleGiving Citizens a Voice in Parliament: your help needed!
I’m attempting to get a motion on the agenda of the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth this autumn. The motion itself speaks for itself (see below). If you support it, and are a voting...
View ArticleBring Parliament closer to the people!
Thanks a lot to Bridget Fox for kickstarting the debate, both on her own blog and at the Guardian, over the motion “Giving Citizens a Voice in Parliament” which David Boyle and myself will be proposing...
View ArticleJury Team – the verdict
As I mentioned yesterday, I spent this morning at the launch of Jury Team. You can read my livetweeting of the event here. There are a few points I’d like to emphasise: Firstly, it is now clear that...
View ArticleDoes Simon Cowell have the political X-Factor?
No, is the basic conclusion of my article on Comment is Free today: In reality, the X Factor could only dream of having as many voters as we take for granted in UK elections. Ten million votes may...
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D is for Death, Dark Judges and Democracy
I can’t really get away with reaching D and not mentioning Judge Death and the Dark Judges. Judge Death and co come from a parallel universe in which life itself is deemed to be a crime on the...
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