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The Act of Killing (film) 1 Aug 2013 | 01:23 am
Critically acclaimed new film, The Act of Killing plays at Dukes at Komedia, Brighton on Tuesday 06 and Wednesday 07 August The Act of Killing is a new documentary by Joshua Oppenheimer in which a gr...
Open Policy & Crab-sticks 19 Jul 2013 | 06:28 pm
The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) published a report in June this year called ‘Public Engagement in Policy Making’. This report is the equivalent of colleague who takes your money, goe...
The Public Administration Select Committee – Public Engagement in Policy Making 19 Jul 2013 | 04:36 pm
The Public Administration Select Committee, which is set up to examine the Civil Service’s quality and administration standards and to scrutinise Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reports, pu...
How to succeed at wiki-style policymaking 12 Jul 2013 | 07:34 pm
I had forgotten to mention that my session at Civil Service Live has been written upi in the Guardian: how to succeed at wiki-style policymaking. It’s not perhaps 100% on the money as headlines go, s...
NHS democracy: some ideas 12 Jul 2013 | 02:22 am
This post was written with Simon Burall from Involve. Budget pressure on the NHS, and in particular the need to save money and increase quality by closing and merging hospital services, makes the nee...
Hello, Birmingham! Coffee tomorrow at 6.30? 9 Jul 2013 | 09:38 pm
We’re in Birmingham tomorrow, and we’re going to be talking about how we can work with our local members and others to push democratic reform in the city. We want to discuss: what’s going on already?...
Two article on Egypt – freedom or democracy? 9 Jul 2013 | 02:25 am
Still reading and thinking about what’s happened in Egypt. Tending to side with those who are pessimistic about the outcome. The FP article Celebrating a Disaster by Mohamed El Dashan came out a week ...
Civil society and development: more than a technical issue 1 Jul 2013 | 01:31 pm
If you’ve ever watched the seminal British comedy Yes, Minister, you’ll know that “technical” and “bureaucratic” are two words often associated with civil servants. They are also two words often asso...
Fake outrage of the nanosecond: redefining “husband” and “wife” 29 Jun 2013 | 03:26 pm
Sometimes it is hard to tell whether pressure groups are being stupid or disingenuous. Whatever the reason, their fluffing of every little thing into a fake controversy makes good public debate more d...
EU Digital Agenda Assembly Plenary – Part 2 21 Jun 2013 | 08:49 pm
20th June Afternoon Session . Keynote speeches According to Harri Koponen, Senior Advisor at Rovio Entertainment Ltd, digital needn’t be the end point of a company’s trajectory. Rather, companies ...
