I went to the Social Liberal Forum conference last weekend and found it completely transformed – no more endless whingeing but real debate about big…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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The fall of the Berlin Wall and the whole authoritarian Soviet system in 1989 heralded what we all thought was a victory for liberal democracy….
It has been de rigueur in certain middle class circles to complain about the baleful effect of political parties in government, but nobody appears to…
When cracks appear, they can either be fixed, or they can be papered over for a while, or they can start to spread dangerously. The…
The June 23 2016 referendum vote, when the British people decided to leave the European Union (EU) created a lot of confusion and anger on…
“There are two kinds of European nations. There are small nations and there are countries that have not yet realised they are small nations.” Thus,…
In his excellent recent article ‘Who should decide about immigration’, Radix contributor Renaud Giraud asks how, in a democracy, we should decide about who has…
Those were the words spoken to me by a uniformed immigration control office at Las Vegas airport as I was refused entry to USA last…
It is surprising, and not always pleasurably so, to find yourself damn right in one of your predictions. Perhaps there is something a little contrarian…
A few years ago, on a trip to Kenya, I chatted to some locals about why they wanted to come to the UK. These were…
On Sunday, June 17, the Aquarius, a European ship chartered by the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) SOS Mediterranean and Doctors Without Borders, landed 630 illegal immigrants…
I voted Remain, I must admit through slightly gritted teeth – and mainly for one reason above all others: I didn’t feel comfortable on the…