As Brexit Day approaches, it seems fair to look back and conclude with a reasonable amount of certainty that the British political system was either…
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Occasionally in political debate one has to concede that those whose views are in opposition to oneself have been successful, that they have played the…
Peter Ho was the head of the civil service in Singapore. He invented the concept of the Black Elephant, which he described like this: “The…
I was fascinated by Peter Fischer Brown’s suggestion that there are people in the Brexit camp who believe that a no-deal Brexit the hard way…
Anyone who has been involved in any kind of negotiation knows that there comes a time when reason, logic, goodwill and self-interest all fly out…
When I was a teenager first interested in politics and determined to choose the odd party out, I put aside my childish idea that the…
Tuesday was somewhat of a special day in the UK parliament. Lots of votes on lots of amendments to the government’s motion. I won’t talk…
The First-Past-The-Post system makes the House of Commons outrageously unrepresentative. Most votes are wasted since they are not reflected in the outcome. The Commons is…
The Brexit shenanigans and the turbulent politics in many other countries is almost enough to make one lose faith in democracy. Meantime, the apparent success…
I have been beginning a debate with my friend and Radix colleague Joe Zammit-Lucia about whether or not a general election is the only way…
“I will assert the privilege of yielding to the force of argument and conviction, and acting upon the result of enlarged experience. It may be supposed…
Who should we blame for the bizarre and humiliating indecision in which the Mother of Parliaments finds itself, having kept the government in power when…