Tag: democracy
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The extraordinary decision by Democracy Volunteers to shroudwave about “family voting” for the Gorton and Denton by-election has damaged both trust in the political system and harmed race relations.
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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 unarguable basis that only the living commit crimes. Sidney De’ath is a judge on that world and…
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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 sound like a lot, but it is only two-thirds the number of people who voted in the…
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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 Jury Team is not another Your Party. It’s strength is the simplicity of the concept. In essence,…
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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 at party conference next month: This process might not have stopped the Iraq War (no legislation there) – but…