Eric Pickles rights a Thatcherite wrong
Tweet As some of you will already know, and many others will probably have assumed, I’m quite a Thatcher fan. She helped to destroy the mightiest totalitarian regime the world has ever seen, she put...
View ArticleAV: It’s got to be yes (to having a referendum)
Tweet Today sees a crucial stage in the campaign to defeat AV in a referendum – the bill is being put to Parliament, and it is essential that all opponents of AV vote in favour of putting the question...
View ArticleSluggish Peers threaten the future of direct democracy
Tweet The AV referendum is incredibly important for British democracy – not so much because of the actual question on the table but because the way it runs will heavily influence the future of direct...
View ArticleDirect democracy is on the way – and Brussels should shake in its boots
Tweet The Government has taken the first step towards implementing the Direct Democracy agenda by launching the new e-petitions site, which is a vast improvement on the old Number 10 petition portal....
View ArticleAndrew Rosindell’s “Keep our Kinnock” campaign
Tweet The debate over reform to the House of Lords is already a long one, and is only set to get longer. No doubt there will be a multiplicity of arguments deployed by both sides, of varying quality....
View ArticleKirchner didn’t even win a majority of Argentines in the Falklands
Tweet The Falkland Islands’ referendum could hardly have been more clear. Turnout was over 90%, and while 1,513 voted to stay as a British overseas territory, only 3 voted against. Those three are...
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