UncategorizedA beacon unto the worldThe Constitution Unit at London’s Global University has released its report on minority parliaments (previously cited here ). The...
UncategorizedA bad exampleThe Guardian’s Martin Kettle considers the possibility of a minority government in Britain. The Constitution Unit report is due...
UncategorizedFormally Proposed Parliamentary Reform of the WeekA British committee set up in the wake of all that unpleasantness over MPs’ expenses, comes back with some suggestions .
GeneralQ & A: Will FergusonThe Canadian author took an arduous journey across Northern Ireland, falling asleep in pubs and making sense of Protestants and Catholics
UncategorizedStephane? Is that you?David Cameron, Britain’s official leader of the opposition, expounds on his vision for British society. Agree or disagree with...
UncategorizedThe Executive-Driven World of Public TVThe big TV article of the day is "Why Britain Can’t Do The Wire," by Peter Jukes, about the cautious, executive-driven culture of...
Uncategorized’A negotiated release of the hostages was preferable to just about every other conceivable option’With confirmation that four al-Qaeda prisoners and several million dollars were exchanged for Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and...
UncategorizedNo ideas please, we’re CanadianChris Selley sees hope—or at least something completely different—in David Cameron’s Britain.
Uncategorized’I’m not sure how much people know about what he’s gone on to do’Elizabeth Renzetti sketches Michael Ignatieff’s return to England this week.
Uncategorized’Liberalism is not a bloodless breviary for rootless cosmopolitans’The text of Michael Ignatieff’s speech—for the annual Isaiah Berlin lecture —in London, England this evening. “Liberal...