The public mood is for the moment at least so favourably inclined towards a ‘hung’ – i.e., more balanced – Parliament that the ‘Hang ‘em’ campaign feels rather like a small
The excellent Avaaz are polling their members in Britain on whether they should run a positive campaign for democracy (read hung parliament and an alliance for reform) and defy the
The fightback by the UK two-party system has begun with the accusation that anything else is ‘anti-politics’. But it is democratic politics that has broken through the spin
The first party leaders TV debate created a historic opening for the Liberal Democrats and maybe - just maybe - the beginning of the end of Britain's old regime
Instead of a hung parliament being an unintended consequence of a close electoral race in next month's UK election, why not positively demand the frustration of the two main party leaderships and vote for democracy?
Labour's election manifesto published today is an uncertain trumpet, its off-key notes exposed by an incisive comparison of its English-British and Scottish versions
The New Statesman ran four responses to 'Hang 'em' from leading Labour thinkers. Barnett replies and Andreas Whittam Smith adds his response.
The UK's leading left-wing weekly runs a major essay calling for a realignment from below
