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“Streamlining the planning process is a bit like trying to streamline democracy…” This line from Labour backbench MP Paul Truswell, spoken in a late night Commons debate almost 20 years ago, has a certain ring doesn’t it? As someone interested...
I know what Ed Miliband meant when he tweeted last week that: ‘I think Nigel Farage’s comments today are wrong, divisive and dangerous. The laws we have on equality represent our values as a country’ I also know what Polly Toynbee meant...
The Prime Minister’s refusal to agree to the broadcasters’ ‘final’ offer on TV debates in the run up to May’s election has been a great political boost for his opponents. Few issues unite Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon, Ed Miliband and...
New report reveals challenges NGOs face in securing and transferring funds due to the counter-terrorism regulation fears of banks. Calls on banks, charities, and government bodies to improve dialogue on resulting financial restrictions and impact on charitable activity. Critical aid...
David Anderson QC, the current Independent Reviewer of counter-terrorism powers is conducting a review of internet surveillance. Anyone who thinks there aren’t independent minded people watching the watchers really should check out his website and excellent Twitter feed. He reads a lot,...
As I read through Peter Oborne’s extraordinary article last night, on his resignation from the Daily Telegraph, one sentence leapt out at me: ‘I added that our readers were loyal, that the paper was still very profitable and that the owners had...
As the election campaigns get underway, there is a new battleground: Twitter. Tweets are the newest weapons in the political arsenal, and Demos is partnering with the Sunday Times to cover this new digital side of politics and campaigning. Politicians know Twitter...
Rachel Sylvester’s piece in the Times yesterday portrayed the coming election as a ‘generation game’ where Conservatives court the grey vote, while Labour targets younger people. She’s right that there is a growing generational divide on certain issues. Younger voters are, for example,...
This may be a radical proposition but I think that, mostly, people are not stupid, do not like being blackmailed, and tend to vote for people that they identify with. I wonder if this is radical, because the spate of...
Deeper analysis of last week’s 2013/14 GCSE results show the attainment gap between pupils on free school meals and their peers has widened for a successive year. If the current trend continues we would see a return to a wider...
