The Independent is running a story based on secret memos that show that oil companies were interested in getting their hands on Iraqi oil, and that this was a reason […]
Iraq was not invaded because of the oil Read More »
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 »
Former head of the army, Lord Dannatt, says to the BBC that: “If we thought that Gaddafi had lost the moral right to rule this country a month ago, he
There has been some concern among campaigners that, with the royal wedding held only a few days before the referendum on electoral reform, attention might be distracted from the Big
Step out of the 19th century Read More »
There is something unsatisfying about the arguments deployed by the Yes side in the referendum campaign on electoral reform. They are right that the Alternative Vote is preferable to First
A rotten way to fight a referendum Read More »
Blogger David Allen Green writes on the New Statesman website that he has joined the Liberal Democrats, even though he does not agree with all their policies. For example: “I
Liberal and democratic Read More »
Earlier in the year, I spoke at a Federal Trust conference on European citizenship and specifically the British perspective on the issue. The slides from the presentation I gave are
Can the British ever be European citizens? Read More »
A report in the Evening Standard today on the precarious state of the coalition government, faced with health reforms, the AV referendum and much else. The National Health Service, in
A briefing from Number 10 Read More »
A new pamphlet by Labour MP Denis MacShane, “Europe’s parliament: Reform or perish?”, published by the Centre for European Reform, worries about the decline of public interest in the European
Denis MacShane picks the wrong target on the European Parliament Read More »
