Posts Tagged ‘democracy’
How did the Charles Kennedy defection story gain credibility?
BBC — Charles Kennedy calls rumours 'absolute rubbish' On Saturday, several newspapers ran stories that former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy was in talks with Labour with a view to defecting. When the story was denied by the Liberal Democrat party, but not immediately by Charles Kennedy, many bloggers took this as a sign that the rumours were [...]
Why Britain needs Labour to find its feet — fast
BBC News - Will geeks inherit the earth?. Like it or not (and I don't), our electoral system is locked into "us" and "them". Government and official opposition. That's how the system works and, though I believe it's time to change it, as long as it is the system (to paraphrase Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force), we have to make it work. Until [...]
Real Issues, number 2: Freedom and the Press
Freedom of the Press is a dearly bought and dearly held concept in British democracy. The internet age raises new questions, and, so far, the answers are not clear cut. The three key issues which the online world raises are: What is the status of 'citizen journalists'? What are our rights in terms of intrusion on privacy? How should [...]
Real issues, number one…
Business, as I learned when I was in it, is about forming partnerships to get the end consumers products that they need, want, or will enjoy, in a way which is cheaper, better, faster or easier than the way they would otherwise get them. In this way, the manufacturer grows rich, the supply chain grows rich, and the consumer has a richer life [...]
