David Boyle writes in the Guardian about the principles in the Radix book “The Death of Liberal Democracy?“ Extract “To understand why, despite the recent…
David Boyle writes in the Guardian about the principles in the Radix book “The Death of Liberal Democracy?“ Extract “To understand why, despite the recent…
We hear it all the time. Politicians who belong to the main political parties decry the rise of ‘populism’. When asked about the seemingly inexorable…
“We want politicians who are neither populists like Farage, or “born to rule” types like Cameron…..we want politicians who are more like every day people.”…
Since 1980, membership of trade unions as a proportion of the total working population has been halved, from around 50% then to about a quarter…
When the financial crash of 2008 occurred, many on the Left thought that their time had finally arrived. The news of banks crashing, the economy…
Technology has not only improved our ability to communicate, it is leading to deep cultural transformation that will redefine how we do politics and what…
An illiberal tide is sweeping across the world. From the US to Europe; from Asia to the Arab world, liberal values are in retreat. Rising…
Article by Joe Zammit-Lucia published on Writeyou.co.uk “Throughout Europe, our liberal democracies as we know them seem to be dying in the face of extremist…
This autumn, Radix will be publishing a full-length report on this topic. When one examines the Conservative Party’s internecine divisions and all-out obsessions regarding the…
It’s a paradox. People with liberal values are everywhere. In every political party, socialists and conservatives alike. Yet liberal democracy is struggling across Europe and…
For those of you unaware, the Conservative government is bringing in new boundaries in 2018, ones that will form the basis of constituencies for whenever…
Brexit means Brexit. This was the Prime Minister’s only statement post referendum. It is a vacuous and meaningless statement. Just like saying beer means beer….