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What lessons can be taken from the AV campaigns?
On Friday, Mark Thompson wrote that, “The AV campaign was a disgrace from both sides”. I tweeted that I thought he had drawn some wrong conclusions but that he made sensible points, and promised that I would expand in a … Continue reading
The West Must Not Stand Idly By And Watch A Libyan Humanitarian Catastrophe
The wild-eyed rant by Gaddafi on Tuesday afternoon was crazed and demotic. It would have been comic if this wasn’t a bloody handed dictator, capable of doing anything to keep his hands on power. We know that he has no … Continue reading
Moving the Big Society forward
This morning I went to the Big Society Network’s Cameron Direct on the Big Society. It was a great event, well-organised, good questions (though a couple of plants…) and generally fun. A few things that struck me during the … Continue reading
Posted in Big Society
Tagged Accountability, Big Society, Campaigning, Communication, Conservatism, Democracy, Funding, Living in Britain, Localism, Making a Difference, Mutuals, Philanthropy, Post-Bureaucratic Age, Public services, Re-engaging Voters, Responsibility, Social Mobility, Society, Transparency
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Why caution reigns in the West over Egypt
“Let freedom reign” might be more than a rhetorical tool when it comes to Egypt. The Egyptian people are taking to the streets in a protest against the Mubarak regime. Democracy is a valve for anger but in Egypt this … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs
Tagged Change, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Economy, Foreign Affairs
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Map the Police – the Guardian’s wrong about Police.uk
Simon Jenkins in Friday’s Guardian launched an attack on the new crime maps website Theresa May unveiled last week. The article is worth a read for the full broadside – but its essence is that it’s based on meaningless statistics, it’s typical of central … Continue reading →