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Should MPs and councillors take up cases on behalf of individuals?

Chewing over Parliamentary reforms, here’s Jenni Russell from the Guardian last week: “One experienced Commons civil servant is blisteringly critical of the way in which most MPs have accepted the...

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Glum councillors

Councillor Stamp. Our August pin-up. As the silly season draws to a close (it is Friday as well), those nice people over at the internet have brought the ultimate in...

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Open minds – the councillor-curator?

Kevin Harris has forwarded this article about the role that councillors are obliged to adopt in relation to planning. Nothing in it will come as a surprise to anyone familliar with the role of a...

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Why bringing politicians and the public closer to each other is important

Here’s Peter Levine on the study of deliberation: “The other main source of evidence in Neblo et al is a field experiment, in which people were offered the chance to deliberate with real Members of...

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The Slugger O'Toole Awards – blogs and politics

Tim McGarry at the Slugger Awards Tonight in Belfast, we’re running the second in what I hope will become the annual ‘Slugger Awards‘. ciprofloxacin hcl 500 mg tab These awards – previewed here on the...

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Beta legislation: Changing the concept of 'leadership'?da

The January 2010 issue of Wired Magazine has a bunch of policy-related proposals under the slightly familiar heading ‘Let’s Reboot Britain’. It’s always a slightly trying time, reading Wired when it...

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Blogs, twitter and leadership

Just a quick signpost to this post on the ReadWriteWeb blog about. I think that this observation has implications for the nature of representation – and even for leadership. cialis 20mg price “Zappos...

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The mental health of politicians

Ewan McIntosh has picked another example of augmented reality up: I was searching reliable online shop for my delicate purchase and here it is! Purchase cialis. If you get a new prescription and need...

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MP personality types – have I missed any?

As a prelude to a bit of election-related fun research, I’m compiling a list of the different attributes that we expect to see combined under the bonnet of the perfect MP. Just for the avoidance of...

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Butterfly-minded representation

Since I looked at the calculations from We Love Local Government on Councillors’ iPads the other day, I’ve had a few conversations with people working in democratic services at various local...

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