Democracy,Hansard Soc.,Power Inquiry
Wed, 10 May 2006 22:13:18 +0200
REPLY TO
The Hansard Society response
http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/node/view/502
to the report Power to the People http://www.powerinquiry.org/
You write "Our research shows that the future of democracy does not lie
in substituting mechanisms of ?direct democracy? for representative
institutions. Far fro ...
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BNP asks police to investigate 'secret' recount
9 May 2006 15:51:04 -0700
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=17051715&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=bnp-asks-police-to-investigate--secret--recount-name_page.html
Police have been asked to investigate a "secret" election recount in
Birmingham which resulted in the British National Party being told ...
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Prisoner of Concience
Sun, 7 May 2006 01:11:01 +0100
Flt Lt Malcolm Kendall-Smith, a Royal Air Force doctor who has
refused to return to Iraq for a third tour of duty on the grounds that
the war is illegal. Mr Griffin's allegations came as the Foreign Office
minister Kim Howells, visiting Basra yesterday, admitted that Iraq was
now "a mess".
Flt Lt Malcolm ...
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PoWEr commented
Fri, 05 May 2006 13:34:14 +0200
Our preliminary response to the report of the Power Inquiry (Power to
the people: J. Rowntree Trusts) may be loaded down free of charge from
http://www.iniref.org/news.hu.2.06.html
The programme of tomorrow's conference about this report is pasted
below.
Regards
Wallace-Macpherson
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#TEST YOUR POLITICAL IQ!!
Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:18:38 -0500
http://www.seventh-dayadventism.com/AC/AppealChapIQExhibits.htm
We have already seen that the strange people will argue even the most
outrageous absurdities seemingly into reality RELENTLESSLY as the
Jesuit Oath demands. When we first encountered them over the
internet, we never thought that their influence a ...
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Stupidest Country Awards '06
17 Apr 2006 13:25:06 -0700
Please take a moment to vote in the Stupidest Country (in the world)
Awards of 2006:
http://www.rob-barry.com/2006/04/stupidest-country-awards.html
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Man arrested in political honours row
13 Apr 2006 05:51:59 -0700
LONDON (Reuters) - A 60-year-old man was arrested on Thursday under
the Honours Prevention of Abuses Act, Scotland Yard said.
In a statement, police said he was in custody at a London police
station. They gave no further details.
Scotland Yard has been investigating all political parties in the
country aft ...
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From opinion to democratic reform
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:53:15 +0200
Repeated surveys attributed to MORI have shown that over seventy percent
of people in Britain approve the greater use of referendum; and agree
that a large number of citizens should be able to trigger a referendum
on any matter of public concern.
Opinions do not automatically or mysteriously become public poli ...
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Talking shops
Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:13:37 GMT
Do we need MP's, Committees et al any longer? We have the Tony and Gordon
duo deciding policies (with a few unelected advisors). Legislation when
required
is whipped throung the Commons with the threat of deselection and no time
served
gong if bolshie so why does anyone bother? They're even passing ...
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New Bill of Rights
Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:11:34 +0200
Dear Henry Porter,
Thank you for this timely resum¨¦ which may serve as a reform pamphlet.
How should we (the people) organise a process of constitution making and
how should new constitutional law be legitimated?
Regards
Michael Macpherson
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Only a constitution can save us from this abuse of powe ...
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