By Joan Marc Simon Spain is a unitary state like France and Italy. Its constitution defines it as “one and indivisible”. Since 1978 Spain has structured itself as Estado de […]
Federalism and the future of Spain Read More »
The referendum on the introduction of the Alternative Vote (AV) on 5 May was lost by 68 per cent to 32 per cent. This is a crushing defeat. What went
Why was the electoral reform referendum lost? Read More »
European Conference marking Statewatch’s 20th anniversary 25 June 2011 (10.00-17.30) Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Programme and Registration form: http://www.statewatch.org/conference/conference.pdf Book Online: http://www.statewatch.org/ordering/order.html Institutions £30: (Institutions wanting
Statewatching Europe – civil liberties, the state and the European Union (25 June 2011) Read More »
The first meeting in the series organised by the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust focussed on the question of Terrorism and Religious Extremism. In its second meeting to be held on
Foreign Policy and its Moral Dilemmas: Corruption and Tyranny (23 May 2011) Read More »
Quakers are enjoined to see “that of God in everyone”, but it must be hard to see it in the person of Osama Bin Laden. A terrorist and a mass
The death of Osama Bin Laden Read More »
The Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust invites you to a meeting to discuss the relative claims and limitations of “freedom of information” in our modern world Date : Thursday 2 June
A seminar with Lord Hannay, former UK ambassador to the United Nations and UK Permanent Representative to the European Union 10.15am, Tuesday 17 May 2011, Tuke Common Room Regent’s College
16 May 2011 – 6.30 pm Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 6th Italian-British Constitutional Conversation, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, London Metropolitan University, the Federal Trust
One of the arguments raised by opponents of the Alternative Vote is that it allows the candidate with the second or even the third largest number of first preference votes
Electoral reform: does the winner always win? Read More »
Those were the words of Labour peer John Reid speaking at a No2AV press conference with David Cameron this morning, reported by John Rentoul of the Independent. The interest of
“AV is not British” Read More »
