What we’re reading- Rahvakogu - Estonian Finnish Citizens' Assembly platform
- Russell Brand on parliament: 'The whole joint is a deeply encoded temple of hegemonic power'
- Youth participation in democracy in Europe (Eurobarometer)
- Henry G Manson (on Political Betting blog) says the Greens ought to be doing better
- Open data, participation and democracy – a call for case studies from @InvolveUK
- 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)
Tag Archives: reform
Petitions with purpose
“The blogosphere is not an area that is open to sensible debate; it is dominated by the obsessed and the fanatical and we will get crazy ideas coming forward.” Paul Flynn MP, quoted in a recent BBC article on the possibility … Continue reading
Lunchtime list for June 18th
Here are the articles and web pages the Talk Issues team recommend today: Govt skunkworks planned for November – Plans for internal experiments – but just on process, or more widely? A sudden lack of clarity – What's happening to … Continue reading
Tagged civilservice, football, innovation, Interesting Links, internationalism, lunchtime list, media, reform, tv
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Lunchtime list for June 15th
Here are the articles and web pages the Talk Issues team recommend today: Football: a dear friend to capitalism – This article is what happens when a humourless, politics-obsessed academic encounters the World Cup. It's all a gruesome capitalist distraction, … Continue reading
Tagged austerity, capitalism, commons, debate, deficit, dreary, euro, europe, football, Germany, Interesting Links, lunchtime list, merkel, parliament, reform, worldcup
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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 10th
Here are the articles and web pages the Talk Issues team recommend today: Balls’ EU immigration claims don’t stand up – Sarah Mulley at Left Foot Forward takes a look at the immigration stance of Labour leader candidate Ed Balls. … Continue reading
Tagged army, consultation, cuts, Defence, deficit, edballs, EU, immigration, Interesting Links, johnlewis, labourleader, lambeth, lithuania, localgov, lunchtime list, migration, military, mutualisation, navy, raf, reform, spending, uk
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Lunchtime list for May 28th
Here are the articles and web pages the Talk Issues team recommend today: Merkel has joined Thatcher in Europe’s corner shop – "The misperception that has done most to hamper British engagement with its European partners has been a belief … Continue reading
Tagged britishrebate, cities, cityoflondon, democratisation, economics, engagement, environment, euro, europe, finance, foreignpolicy, ft, future, Germany, Government, Interesting Links, lunchtime list, merkel, moj, opinionpolls, publicservices, reform, thatcher, tiroundup
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I’m not sure whether political manifestos really describe the state of a nation’s politics, but they give strong hints. Reading François Hollande’s “60 commitments for France“, it’s a shame to see no echo of the discussions about new models for … Continue reading →