An unearthed paper suggests there are fears at the very top of Parliament that democracy is under threat, reports Josiah Mortimer
Constitution
By Ralph Nader / RalphNader.org No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in the World as the Giant Global Corporations – not governments, not armies, not religions and certainly not trade unions. These fictional corporate entities have largely achieved transcendent imperial status, as they amass coordinated control over capital, labor, technology and governments because […]
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Up to two million people could be denied a vote unless they apply for ID – and even those with ID could be turned away by polling staff, reports Josiah Mortimer
The Labour Leader is being urged to keep his promises on reforming democracy, Josiah Mortimer reports
The Justice Secretary’s long and “dangerous” campaign to scrap the Human Rights Act was “pushed forward by parts of the media” smarting from privacy laws
Labour’s announcement that it would abolish the UK’s unelected second chamber is a headline-grabbing idea with little thought of the problems involved, writes AC Grayling
This is excellent work from Tortoise Media (for, as they say, slow news)… It is worth listening to the short introduction below – then the link to the database itself is here: A real democratic service which makes for interesting reading – even when you discover that your own MP, like mine, hasn’t really received... Read more
I think that the right to strike is unquestionably a democratic right as argued in the Guardian here – surely anything else is just indentured labour? Apparently the way to tame the unions is to destroy their immunity from being sued for any harm striking might cause – or as the same article puts it:... Read more
As the former Prime Minister makes £750k from just three speeches since being ousted from Number 10, his voters feel abandoned