Representative democracy, Part Two: Can it work?
In the second of 2 parts, Bob Bater discusses how voting could be made fairer. Could...
Read moreIn the second of 2 parts, Bob Bater discusses how voting could be made fairer. Could...
Read moreClaire Jones argues that Helen MacNamara’s Covid Inquiry statement is disingenuous in side-lining the fundamental betrayal...
Read moreStudent Sam Murphy wonders whether Alan Turing would be rolling in his grave to see what...
Read moreTo conclude our series we examine the key role of social housing and changes within one...
Read moreBob Copeland is deeply unhappy with Labour's position over Gaza, and points out that he is...
Read moreWith public disaffection with politics at its highest level ever, an overhaul of our voting system...
Read moreDr Helmut Hubel provides a background to the recent Gaza conflict and challenges the viability of...
Read morePaul Ryder reminds us that disinformation is everywhere but, with the right tools, it is not...
Read moreBarbara Morrison, in the second of a 3-part series, asks why the private rental sector has...
Read moreBob Copeland shows why our present method of funding is little better than a Ponzi scheme....
Read moreAs part his series on the new constituency boundaries for the 2024 general election, Julian Greenbank...
Read moreSteve Rouse from Swindon for Europe gives us a personal account of ‘Dance Europa!’ performing at...
Read moreBarbara Morrison, in the first of a 3-part series, looks at why housing has become such...
Read moreBob Copeland feels that Labour is missing an opportunity to put forward policies that will make...
Read moreAnnette Shaw learned an unwelcome lesson about the UK 35 years after moving here from Germany
Read moreBob Copeland reports from the conference Marxism 2023. Marxist thinkers, he reminds us, still have a...
Read moreClaire Jones explores Labour's misguided attack on pluralism through the surprising new case of Neal Lawson's...
Read moreA constituent writes to his MP urging that Monday's vote should send a clear signal that...
Read moreJim paints a picture of Remainers and Leavers at a reception and challenges you to spot...
Read moreIn Part Two of this (spoof) interview, our Prime Minister admits he was wrong to support...
Read morePopulist governments would have us believe they’re fighting an ‘enemy of the people’ but the real...
Read moreIn Part One of this exclusive (spoof) interview, our Prime Minister owns up to his privileged...
Read moreOur economic and social system has created a market for fake news aimed at the marginalised,...
Read moreNot everyone in Bristol is happy with the proposal to move the Central Library from its...
Read moreCheck out Julian's latest video on the pros and cons of Bristol's vision of a transport...
Read morePerhaps when Liz Truss said 'growth, growth, growth' in her conference speech, she misspoke. She had...
Read moreIn her third letter to Liz Truss, Sue Wilson challenges her to put her money where...
Read moreNew writer Olivia Laughton brings into focus the danger posed by the US 'Roe v. Wade'...
Read moreThis isn’t about me. I’m not asking you to support me. I’m asking you to support...
Read moreLove her or loathe her, Emily Maitlis and her MacTaggart lecture are impossible to ignore.
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