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Tag Archives: Guardian
Ideology won’t win back non-voters
Two parallel articles in the papers today. Here’s George Monbiot in this morning’s Guardian: The real problem is not that working-class voters have switched their voting preferences but that they are not voting at all because there’s too little at … Continue reading
Posted in NIBs
Tagged abstention, Guardian, ideology, Labour, mobiot, non-voting, philip johnston, purity, telegraph, Tory
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Media regulation: discussion event report
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been publishing a series of posts from contributors on the topic of media regulation and democracy. On 25 April, the contributors and others gathered at the RSA to discuss their pieces and the issues … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Media regulation, Projects
Tagged Daily Mail, Guardian, Leveson Inquiry, Local Government Ombudsman, Media, Press Complaints Commission
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The Worshipful Guild of Free Cobblers
People who believe they’ve had previous lives always seem to have been Cleopatra or Nefertiti rather than an acne-ridden donkey drover from Lichfield. In the same way, people who have discovered secret legal knowledge always discover things that enable them to do … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Adam Wagner, Carl Gardner, freemen on the land, Guardian, Law, Legal Information, paranoia
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Still can't decide?
Polling Day is tomorrow and if – like a third of voters – you still haven’t definitively made up your mind how to vote, here are some resources for you to take a look at: Carrie’s roundup of websites that … Continue reading
Tagged Conservatives, Constituency, Guardian, Labour, Liberal Democrats, politics, Voter info, Voter tools, Voting
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Media regulation: Rectifying the flaw
On 25 April, Demsoc is holding a discussion event on media regulation and new democracy at the RSA in London. This contribution to the debate comes from Dave Boyle. If you would like to attend, numbers are limited, but a … Continue reading →