“The faith is Europe,” said the great Catholic historian Hilaire Belloc. “Europe is the faith.” We might not use that kind of language these days…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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I am on the other side of this argument to David Boyle. I am not looking back to 40 years of membership, only 12. I…
It has been more than six years that the French army has been deployed in Mali. In this former colony of AOF (French West Africa),…
I have been asked to start a discussion on: “System change. Challenging established notions. Re-imagining our societies”. I assume that the aim of the discussion is…
Various points have been made regarding my critique of Proportional Representation (PR) from the standpoint of my ‘Fuzzy Democracy’, which I claim to be a…
‘Take Back Control’, the oft-quoted, and occasionally parodied, slogan of the Vote Leave campaign, is as compelling as it is simple. It doesn’t just appeal…
On January 28, viewers around the world realised that a technological war had indeed begun between the United States of America and China. That day,…
Let me categorise myself to start with. I voted remain in 2016, though armed only with the conviction that – if Boris Johnson and Nigel…
In the wake of the Christchurch tragedy, this month’s Globalisation Outlook moves away from the newsletter format to a short essay on the politics of…
Last week, our friend Paul Gregory wrote about the failings of proportional representation systems. Here, in the spirit of opening up discussion, I would like…
In this month’s Open Markets newsletter: Has Facebook hired Nick Clegg too late to save them? As pressure in the US Congress grows and as…
Proportional Representation (PR) is the favourite alternative to remedy the glaring defects of the First-Past-The-Post system of electing representatives (deputies, MPs). Discussion of second rounds…