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What's 'Left' in the UK?
Part 1: Radical Plural Democracy Introduction The 'new politics' of which we are now hearing so much, is striking, most of all insofar as there is very little new about it at all. The new...
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Part 1 interrogates the theory of ‘Radical Plural Democracy’ in the context of opposition around the UK’s political system. Part 2 looks at the role of the environment and environmental movements as a...
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Excluding the People from Parliament
An amusing aspect of the MPs' expenses scandal was the sudden interest in voting reform. For years the subject was of concern only to political nerds and a few principled politicians, dismissed by...
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Part 3: Democracy, Nationalism as Ideology and the Three Proletarians The ‘End’ of Politics An emerging feature of the ‘new politics’ in the UK is not just that it is not new; but also it is not...
View ArticleSharing Thoughts with the 99%: An open letter to the Occupy Movement
A Contribution to a Discussion “Occupy has been successful in its efforts to popularise the problems of the global financial system for one very simple reason; they are right” Andrew Haldane, a member...
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Workplace Democracy: The Great Debate
“No matter who you are or how high you go, there’s always a wanker boss.” Tommy Butler – The Great Train Robbery: A Copper’s Tale That line will have resonated with a good number of people who caught...
View ArticleAgainst Democracy and Morality
Recently I wrote a post where I experimented with a different style of writing. It was highly sarcastic and floated between satire and serious criticism. I am not convinced this experiment worked (but...
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