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Labour's surprise victory in the Glenrothes by-election bespeaks a new fluidity in Scottish politics, argues Gerry Hassan.
In an OK essay marking the US election, Gerry Hassan looks at how past
presidential elections have played out on this side of the Atlantic.
Black and Asian candidates are making real - if slow - progress up Britain's political ladder too
Some may now hail the legacy of Enoch Powell's British nationalism, but his pessimistic vision was a recipe for greater strife, argues Sunder Katwala.
Britain's Parliament should reject an anti-terror proposal that dishonours all its citizens
Globality shrinks great-nationhood. The "big lads" are in trouble. Time to phone home...
A failing European social-democratic party chooses a new leader. Can he deliver?
The other September 11th, the Chilean coup of 1973, may offer a clue
to the current malaise of Britain's Labour Party.
The "think-tank" model no longer works for progressives. Why, and what next?
Scotland's leader has exposed the limits of nationalism as a response to neo-liberalism
In the latest contribution to OurKingdom's Labour after Brown debate, Jeremy Gilbert argues for Labour without neoliberalism.
Jeremy Gilbert, Anthony Barnett and Geoffrey Bindman extend OurKingdom's debate on the future of social democracy.
The Church of England has survived a test. But the arc of history still poses it a larger challenge
A Conservative politician's campaign for civil liberties offers democrats a historic opportunity
A vigorous contest between two leading authors over nation, diversity, agency, racism, change
How the "top secret" classification of security documents corrodes the trust of their protectors
Ireland's rejection of the European Union's "reform treaty" exposes a democratic deficit in Dublin as much as in Brussels
The British government's latest anti-terror proposal dishonours all citizens
A university colleague's arrest over downloaded research materials reflects a climate of fear
Boris Johnson's election demonstrates a wider public distaste for the very idea of politics
A lively London market offers a fresh view of the old story of England as a "heritage in danger"
How can the internet strengthen representative democracy? Join a unique worldwide online discussion, run by OurKingdom
The map of world statehood is creatively fissuring, as globalisation breeds self-confident ambition among its underlings
The theology and history of Islamic law are important, but more must be known about its practice
When a careful lecture on legal pluralism is drowned in prejudice, it’s time to restate the principles of a shared civic space
An argument over sharia highlights the difference between Christian and Muslim visions of law
England's leading churchman exposes a larger national-identity crisis
The recurrent political and media spasms over “sharia" or“Islamic law” too often avoid looking at the reality the terms purportto describe
"Dumb down" or be damned? When a debate about religion and law is hijacked by fury, everyone loses
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