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15 Nov 2010

Aung San Suu Kyi seeks peaceful change in Burma

Aung San Suu Kyi wants to see a peaceful revolution in Burma, but she and her supporters are trying to judge the situation carefully as they act for change.
2 Nov 2010

Extending the right to vote
2 Nov 2010

Prisoners to get the vote after landmark European ruling

Democracy and penal reform campaigners have warmly welcomed the news that thousands of prisoners in the UK are to get the right to vote.
15 Sep 2010

What Pope Benedict can learn from Lord Acton

On the occasion of Pope Benedict's visit to Britain, Christians could benefit by revisiting Lord Acton’s legacy, and seeking in our own time to grapple with difficult questions, informed by love of God and neighbour, says Savi Hensman.
30 Jul 2010

What I told David: Democracy and the crisis of representation

These days people in or near power can't wait to get our opinions so that they can take them seriously, says Graeme Smith. Or so it seems. But underneath the new cyber-Athenian democracy is a deeper crisis of representation with political and theological roots.
27 Jul 2010

Democracy is easy to lose and hard to restore, says Chilean Lutheran

It is easy to lose democratic mechanisms but difficult to get them back, says the incoming General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation.
30 Jun 2010

Charles Windsor and the law of holes

Charles Windsor is evidently not acquainted with the law of holes.
28 May 2010

Question Time: 'new politics' shoots itself in the foot

The new era of openness and dialogue just shot itself in the foot.
20 Feb 2010

Last chance to have your say on democracy

Power 2010, the open campaign for democratic renewal, has entered the final few days of its public poll – where anyone can go online and vote for the changes they’d make to British democracy.
23 Jan 2010

Your chance to vote for change

Apathy is born of impotence, not ignorance. Or so the amazing response to the Power 2010 vote to find the public's top ideas to fix politics would suggest with over 20,000 votes cast in under a week.

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