Political blogging in the UK
I’ve mused a number of times about the potential impacts of blogging on politics and politicians, and the differences between various countries. One longstanding blogging politician is Peter Black, a...
View ArticleWar on ‘War on Terror’?
Larvatus Prodeo draws attention to a significant and sensible comment by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who has acknowledged the unhelpfulness and inaccuracy of the “War on Terror” phrase...
View ArticleDe-honouring Honourables
De-honouring Honourables The Times reports that the newly installed Speaker of the House of Commons, the 46 year old Conservative, John Bercow, is “poised to scrap the age-old practice of addressing...
View ArticleHaving a Say on democracy – the right to vote should be for citizens only
The federal government should be commended for making such a comprehensive effort at casing so many perspectives in it consideration of electoral reform options, as well as for providing an apparently...
View ArticlePolitical parties in the future: The role of parties
Last week, Radio National’s Future Tense program did a show on how political parties might change over the next decade or so. You can read the transcript or listen to a podcast of it at this link. I...
View ArticleThe UK election & some possible Australia parallels
With the UK election happening this week, I recently wrote a piece for New Matilda about some of the parallels (as well as some of the differences) between the rising third parties of the Liberal...
View ArticleSome thoughts on the UK election result
Some thoughts on the UK election result The UK election result provides a real opportunity for major improvements in the way politics and voting is done in the UK. At time of writing, with 9 seats out...
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