The Spanish are having a general election, it is/was unexpected and called by the Government after the governing coalition lost seriously in regional elections. (An ignored lesson for some maybe).
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The Swiss Constitution
It’s different, it’s always been republican, what do we have to learn from it.
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Democratic renewal in the EU
This page documents my notes on the EU’s attempts to renew and reinforce its democracy. it should be read in conjunction with my Digital Regulation in the EU page, and Subsidiarity and proportionality , which deals with the laws and treaties. The page, EU Reform, on this wiki talks about the initiatives in the winter…
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Marini and superexploitation
I was sent this, an essay/review of Marini’s “Dialectics of Dependency” by Andy Higgenbottom. I find it a tough read and one that requires a solid understanding of Capital, the Labour Theory of Value and surplus value, which I don’t have. Frankly this needs a reread, but I highlighted these, see below, notes for my…
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The Greens in London
Someone suggested that Lewisham Deptford was the Green’s No 1. Target at the next general election. It surprises me, but I had a look at the last London Assembly Party votes by ward across London. Darker green is the stronger support. This chart shows green votes by ward, and the darkest colour signifies between 800…
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Dominion vs. Fox
The issues being dealt with in the Fox vs Dominion court case are global; does the press have the right to lie? Apart from this, Fox News’ defence tactics, as was the case under Leveson Inquiry are questionable. I made a blog, here are some links. …
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Political postcodes
How to get an MP name from a post code? I fancy doing this, Obviously “they work for you” have this? Could I write a script or copy their code? I had a look and on first review their database is obfuscated. Can I build my own and how and where to host it? I…
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Brexit and Parliament
I came across this launch review for by Russel and James’ “The parliamentary battle over Brexit“. I have highlighted the following quotes from article, …
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One Protocol to Rule them all
I say, can tech vendors meets the coming EU messaging systems interoperability requirements. A white paper “One Protocol to Rule Them All? On Securing Interoperable Messaging” by Jenny Blessing (U. of Cambridge) and Ross Anderson (U. of Cambridge & Edinburgh)
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Digital market regulation in the EU
There’s been a lot happening and I have not been watching. Here’s my notes as I look to catch up. …
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The EU & Immigration
The Council decided at an emergency meeting, to spend more money on its border enforcement. The likely consequence of this is more deaths at sea of refugees.
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Petitioning
UK Petitions, are they worth it. A petition at the parliamentary site, 10,000 gets a response, 100,000 is considered for debate in Parliament, albeit, not usually on the floor of the
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Digital identity and privacy
The issue of digital identity was raised as a CTOE meeting; so what’s happening …
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Labour’s Manifesto Consultation
The Labour Party are running a ‘final’ policy consultation. Only CLPs can contribute now and it has a portal home page at the NPF site. I am reading through the commission documents and comment on some below/overleaf …
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UK democracy in 2022
TI published their review of the world in 2022, and the UK falls seven places to join not so salubrious company of Qatar (-5), Myanmar (-5), Azerbaijan (-7) and Oman (-8).. This is followed by the Economist’s publication of their Democracy Index, where the UK maintains its place in the rankings which I find strange.
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