We need a new, revolutionary democratic settlement
Tuesday’s Supreme Court judgement was a good one. After all, not only were the options made available to Boris Johnson as Prime Minister reduced, but the principle of legislative authority…
Boris Johnson has taken a wrecking ball to democracy – but we can fix it
Parliament has just won the first step in wrangling power away from Boris Johnson - the weakest leader we have ever experienced - who has been taking a wrecking ball…
Johnson’s shut down of parliament is the tip of the democratic crisis iceberg
On Wednesday we learnt that Boris Johnson intends to shut down Parliament for five weeks in order to force through a disastrous no-deal Brexit. This week opposition parties met to…
THE FUTURE OF STUDENTS’ UNIONS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #4
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
To save democracy, we must end capitalism
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Creative Commons license This article is part of Bright Green’s ‘End of capitalism’ series– if you’d be interested in contributing something to this series,…
What Labour needs to become in 2018
Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Photo credit: flickr Andy Miah Creative Commons license: If the tragedies and betrayals replete throughout Labour history could be summed up in common phrases,…
Royalty have no place in our society
Everyone from constitutional nerds to young professionals seems to pride themselves on enforcing the democratic process; from the major questions of our generation like Brexit, through to voting on what…
Sortition: the way to remake democracy for the 21st century
Photo credit: flickr user Amy West used under Creative Commons license: One of the big – perhaps even the biggest – philosophical questions that any society must answer is…
In an age that seemingly hates experts, how should academics respond?
Academics are needed, but not in their ivory towers. Image credit: flickr user Timothy Vollmer @N00/ A lot of things were said during the Brexit referendum. Some of them…
It is not the ‘ignorant masses’, but rather obscene wealth that really threatens our democracy
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: It’s been said so often now that it’s becoming a bit of a truism, but 2016 was a bit shite. Whilst the doomsday clock…