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- What future for Libya? - 13/01/2012By John Parry Civil wars can be the most vicious form of conflict as recent events in Libya have demonstrated. The Benghazi-based rebels’ swift victory, achieved with Nato air support,...
- Federal Union review of 2011 - 09/01/2012Last year was dominated by the crisis in the eurozone. It dominated the debate about the future of European integration, obviously, but has also turned out to be a major...
- Is the time right for a new world order? - 19/12/2011The answer to the question in the title of this talk is of course, yes, the time is right, but I think you would like to hear a little more...
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- The lady in the lake - 03/02/2012Taking a break from thinking about the future of the eurozone or the prospects for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, I took a trip to 1940s California in the company of...
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Federal Union review of 2011
Posted on 09/01/2012 | No CommentsLast year was dominated by the crisis in the eurozone. It dominated the debate about the future of European integration, obviously, but has also turned out to be a major influence both in the UK and around the world. Taking Europe first, it is absurd... -
A German decision that sets back Europe
Posted on 11/11/2011 | No CommentsNews reaches me of a rather strange decision by the German constitutional court regarding the elections to the European Parliament. The ruling is forcing a change in the way in which Germany elects its MEPs. The decision is strange not because it is inconsistent with... -
Who votes for the US president?
Posted on 29/09/2011 | No CommentsThis blog has reported previously on the American presidential election system and the way it represents the country unevenly, by starting the primary process in one small town in Iowa. There is controversy between California and Nevada about another uneven aspect, the way that the... -
All voters are not equal
Posted on 16/08/2011 | 2 CommentsOne of the basic ideas of federalism is that citizens of the federation all have equal rights, regardless of which member state they might live in. Their rights with respect to the state level might vary, each member state being entitled to decide its own... -
Constitutional Reform – End of the Road? (14 July 2011)
Posted on 15/06/2011 | No CommentsConstitutional Reform – End of the Road? 14 July 2011, 4.30pm – 6.30pm, followed by a reception Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB Robert Hazell, Director of The Constitution Unit, will talk about the whole of the new government’s constitutional reform programme... -
What the AV referendum debate tells us about a future referendum on EU membership
Posted on 18/05/2011 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming The referendum on changing the electoral system for the House of Commons has divided the world of politics but also, in another way, has united it. The division is between those who want to change the system to the Alternative Vote and... -
Lessons for Europe from the British referendum
Posted on 18/05/2011 | No CommentsThe dust is now settling after the referendum in the UK earlier this month on changing the electoral system. The result, on a 41 percent turnout, was 68 percent in favour of keeping the existing system, and only 32 percent in favour of change. This... -
The delusion of national elections
Posted on 13/05/2011 | No CommentsThe fallout from last week’s referendum defeat for the Alternative Vote continues to settle, with comments from prominent Yes campaigners such as Jessica Asato and Peter Facey, as well as reports from the Dark Side (Tim Montgomerie and Dylan Sharpe), but aside from evaluating the... -
Why was the electoral reform referendum lost?
Posted on 10/05/2011 | 1 CommentThe referendum on the introduction of the Alternative Vote (AV) on 5 May was lost by 68 per cent to 32 per cent. This is a crushing defeat. What went wrong for the Yes campaign? The explanation can be divided into three possible families of... -
Electoral reform: does the winner always win?
Posted on 19/04/2011 | 2 CommentsOne of the arguments raised by opponents of the Alternative Vote is that it allows the candidate with the second or even the third largest number of first preference votes to win the seat. This is a clinching argument against AV and in favour of...
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