Beyond Brexit: Is it time to give relational democracy a try?
Ben Ryan argues that representative democracy is failing and the time is right for a more ethical approach to decision making. 14.03.2019
In Brief
What’s happening to our political parties? Mass–participation, to machine, to movement politics
Can the new ‘ideology free’ movement fix British politics? Paul Bickley tries to make sense of The Independent Group. 21/02/2019
In Depth
Yascha Mounk’s ‘Democracy vs. the People’
Ben Ryan reviews the latest book from Yascha Mounk and asks if our system is worth saving and how to do it. 20/05/18
In Depth
Cambridge Analytica: The villain we need, but not the real problem.
Ben Ryan on the Cambridge Analytica scandal and whether they are really responsible for the current political situation. 26/03/18
In Brief
Dialogue with far right on migration will only be possible once Liberals have a good myth on their side
Ben Ryan reviews ‘Go Back to Where You Came From’ by Sasha Polakow–Suransky. 05/1/18
In Depth
Lesson from Catalonia? Pay more attention to the north
Following chaotic scenes in last weekend’s semi–official Catalonian independence poll, it’s time to ask ‘what keeps nation states together?’
In Brief