Tag: democracy
PR must be new normal
Mark Serwotka says government mishandling of the pandemic underlines the case for electoral reform
PCSC bill passes second reading in the midst of a police fiasco
When the power to determine what is in the public interest is claimed as the exclusive right of police forces, we need to be really worried, says Don Flynn
Northern democracy
Paul Salveson on 2021 and a reset for new normal
2021 climate countdown starts here
Nigel Doggett says citizens' assemblies and direct action needed to fight emergency
The end of ‘the last dictatorship in Europe’?
Mikalaj Packajeu and Alan Flowers on the 2020 Belarusian Revolution of the People
Geoff Hodgson: The Democratic Economy (1984)
Geoff Hodgson was and is an academic economist who developed a libertarian socialist approach to economic management. He lectured at Newcastle and Manchester Polytechnics...
The 2024 trap
The Conservatives' plans for constitutional change could see them prolong their time in power. But, as Trevor Fisher argues, Labour have a chance to seize the initiative
The unavoidable first battle of Trump Toryism
Trevor Fisher warns the Johnson threat to our constitution is the battle of 2020
When the centre cannot hold
The centrist consensus is breaking up, accelerated by Brexit. Don Flynn says Labour too needs to be ready to ‘move quickly and smash things’
Boundary changes weaken parliamentary democracy
Cat Smith calls on Theresa May to think again
This September the Boundary Commissions submitted their final reports and recommendations for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries...
Labour left at a turning point
Don Flynn sets out the challenges facing Labour’s left in seeking to build on successes and secure a Corbyn government
The socialist left inside the...