What we’re reading- French Govt launches consultation on official digital identity [FR]
- Interview with Dr Andy Williamson (@andywilliamson) on Sustainable Lens
- Clegg "Every part of Britain will feel more empowered by 2015" [good luck with that
- BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world
- What Are Foundations For? (by @rbreich at Medium)
- The laws of the land aren’t fit for purpose (Telegraph)
- The Networked Councillor space (via @davebriggs)
- The Endgame: How might the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government finish? (LSE)
- Visions of Subsidiarity and the Curse of the British Political Tradition at @colinrtalbot's blog
- Online Consultation Guide Book from Bang The Table
Tag Archives: economy
Are protest networks democratic?
Image by chrisjohnbeckett via Flickr Quick post – longer one disappeared into the ether – about protest networks. On Left Foot Forward, Aaron Peters is broadly sympathetic to the claims of UKUncut and other similar “open-source” protest movements, that they … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Society, Current affairs, Democracy, economy, Left Foot Forward, Open source, Protest, Topshop, ukuncut, Uncategorized
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Lunchtime list for June 14th
Here are the articles and web pages the Talk Issues team recommend today: The lost art of democratic debate – A TED lecture by Michael Sandel (at Slugger) on the marginalised role of citizens' moral opinions in democratic discussion. Germany’s … Continue reading
Tagged banking, banks, citizenship, compass, conferences, debate, deficit, democracy, discussion, doubledip, economics, economy, euro, europe, german, Germany, habermas, hull, humber, Interesting Links, Labour, left, localgov, localgovcamp, lunchtime list, morality, parties, politics, reform, regulation, sandel, ted, tiroundup, willhutton, yorkshire
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Lunchtime list for June 9th
Here are the articles and web pages the Talk Issues team recommend today: Heffer on the EU: Nostradamus he ain’t – One of our own pieces on a hysterical prediction of the future by Simon Heffer, written in 2003. Find … Continue reading
Tagged bankregulation, banks, budget, civilservice, consultation, cuts, dailymail, economy, EU, euro, europe, football, Interesting Links, Journalism, lunchtime list, massconsultation, paranoia, regulation, simonheffer, socialmedia, spending, stiglitz, treasury, twitter, usa, whensaturdaycomes
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The Talk Issues Thinktank Roundup
Welcome to this week’s Talk Issues ‘Thinktank Roundup’ – your one-stop review of all the best publications, research, commentary and events from leading UK think tanks. Reports, Publications & Research Compass published their latest ‘Thinkpiece’ by Phil Ramsey entitled “Digital … Continue reading
Posted in NIBs
Tagged Business, communities, Conservatives, Constitutional Reform, Crime and Public Safety, DEBill, devolution, economy, education, families, Family Policy, Health, Interesting Links, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Government, parliament, public spending, Reducing the Deficit, Tax & economy, taxes, Training and Employment, Uncategorized
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The Talk Issues Thinktank Roundup
Welcome to this week’s Talk Issues ‘Thinktank Roundup’ – your one-stop review of all the best publications, research, commentary and events from leading UK think tanks. Not surprisingly in the week of the Queen’s speech various thinktanks responds to their … Continue reading
Posted in NIBs
Tagged benefits, Big Society, communities, Constitutional Reform, deficit, economy, families, Family Policy, Health, immigration, Interesting Links, Media, public spending, Reducing the Deficit, Scotland, Tax & economy, taxes, Training and Employment, Uncategorized
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Education, Education and (Higher) Education
Education is a massive issue. It’s widely believed that locked within it is the success of the future of the country and the economy, not to mention greater equality, fulfilment, welfare and social mobility. A young Mr Blair once listed … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, economy, education, graduate, Labour, lib dems, recession, Uncategorized
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Domestic Issues raised in the first Leaders' Debate
There is no doubt that last night political history was made with the first live television debate between the leaders of the three main parties. Questions were put to them on domestic issues covering education, health, crime and the recovery … Continue reading
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Tagged #el2010, Conservatives, Crime and Public Safety, David Cameron, economy, education, electoral reform, families, Family Policy, Gordon Brown, Housing, Labour, lib dems, Localism, Nick Clegg, Uncategorized
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Who will help NEETs and how?
Each quarter the DCSF publishes statistics on the amount of young people (16-24 year olds) not in education, employment or training, known in the media NEETs. Obviously reducing the percentage of young people in this bracket is an honourable aim … Continue reading
Debt: turning the tanker…
I liked the last subheading in the leader of this week’s Economist: How to become thriftier without anybody minding. Anatole Kaletsky noted in a particularly flinty column in The Times last week aimed at the alternating timidity and bravado of … Continue reading
The 2050 from Brussels-Schuman
The EU Transport White Paper sets out transport aspirations our political system is entirely incapable of delivering. Norman Baker, the Lib Dem transport minister, gave a response to the new White Paper that was classic Bore at the Golf Club … Continue reading →