Political reform must be bold and ambitious

This article was posted to the POWER2010 blog on 10th December 2009 As a child I was brought up to believe that, in Britain, we live in a democracy and that we are uniquely blessed with “the Mother of all Parliaments”.  Westminster, I was told, set the standard by which all other governments were to [...]

The Power Gap

How powerful are you? That’s the question Demos hopes will be answered by its map of power distribution across Britain which it calls The Power Gap, launched today. Demos’ power map shows where the most powerful and powerless citizens live, what factors make them score higher, disparities across and within regions, and which political parties [...]

Republic Tuesday: our weekly online news round-up

Welcome to another of our regular weekly round-ups of news and opinion on matters of constitutional and electoral reform from across the web. Blowing our own trumpet: Our contribution to the POWER2010 website resulted in the issue of constitutional reform and a democratically elected head of state making it to “Idea of the day”.  The [...]

Royal prerogative at heart of malaise

To the East Anglian Daily Times, 23rd October 2009 (published 26th October) Dear Sir, Our political system is broken. Our trust in politicians and in parliament is at an all-time low. Cynicism and apathy towards politics among the public is widespread. Our unwritten constitution allows the public little participation in the political process beyond registering [...]

POWER2010

One of the principles that guides us as republicans in our support for an elected head of state is our passionate belief in the democratic accountability of those in power.  This principle should apply to all who find themselves in a position of authority and influence, at all levels of government, from the head of [...]