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Polly Toynbee says “Goodbye to the Bishops”

15.03.2010 // by Guy Aitchison // View comments
Polly Toynbee has a great column in today's Guardian discussing our Bishops campaign in response to the government's plans, leaked to the papers over the weekend, to replace the House of Lords with an elected "Senate". More »
Let’s move on � to a new politics

16.02.2010 // by POWER2010 // View comments
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‘People power’ must set new parliament agenda

27.01.2010 // by Helena Kennedy // View comments
With several months to go until the next election, and the political parties already in campaign overdrive, many have predicted that this will be one of the longest and most bitterly fought campaigns yet. Less frequently remarked on, but far more important to the health of our democracy, is the very real danger that the upcoming election will see yet another decline in turnout as millions of people opt to stay at home rather than vote. More »
“If Britain wants change that counts, there’s an election it can vote in today”

20.01.2010 // by Guy Aitchison // View comments
There's a fantastic article by Timothy Garton Ash in the Guardian today assessing the prospects for real political reform at the next election. More »
Nice piece in the Independent

15.01.2010 // by Guy Aitchison // View comments
Andreas Whittam Smith of the Independent, has a fabulous write up of last weekend's Deliberative Poll which he thinks could hold the key to re-connecting with voters: More »