Hungary’s new constitution made international headlines in the last week when it came into force and was met by large protests in Budapest. I have been following this story for a while but had largely forgotten about it when the text was fixed back in the spring. At the time much of the coverage had [...]
I have some ambitious political aims. I want to fundamentally change the conception of democracy from one based on the competition of factional groups to one based on citizen rule. Modern democracy is a treaty amongst competing powers rather than a state run by its own people, it is constitutional government but it is not [...]
Despite a decline in membership and funding for all major politics parties, and votes gradually shifting toward smaller parties, I think we will have a proper two party system in the UK before too long.
Although it has become difficult for either the Conservatives or Labour to get a majority on their own this does [...]
Most debating rules allow for a limited number of sides to make their case (often two), electors must then choose the one perspective that matches them best. This ignores the fact that many electors might actually prefer an alternative option that is not offered. They may appreciate some of the arguments given by one side, [...]
This week the Governor of Oregon, John Kitzhaber, declared his opposition to the death penalty and his refusal to sign any death warrants for the rest of his term. This effectively gives a three and a half year reprieve to the 37 inmates on death row in that state, including one who was due to [...]
When I was about twenty three I had a job as a delivery driver for a large pizza chain. When I was hired I had a couple of days of stubble, which was usual for me at the time, but when I started working the shift manager took issue with my facial hair and told [...]
I have been a supporter of the ‘one state solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for a number of years. I make the case that it is not only desirable, but inevitable, in another essay that remains a work in progress. I originally intended this work to be an addendum to that essay, as the prevailing [...]
It seems that the so-called ‘super injunction’ have fallen away from media attention, no one has informed me that they have gone away so I assume they have just been forgotten. There was always something about the issue that smacked of a fight between the tabloids and celebrities, neither one of whom demands a huge [...]
If you read the papers, listen to the politicians and watch the vox pops on the TV news, you would probably think that we are moving rapidly to the right. A quick glance at the political map of the European Union shows only five out of twenty seven splodges of red; Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Slovenia [...]
In the wake of last weeks riots across England it did not take long for the tabloid right to roll out their populist poison on all the available channels. A favourite of TV discussion panels is former Sun editor and Murdoch loyalist Kelvin McKenzie and sure enough he did the rounds calling for the army [...]
Jesse Marks is full of ideas so he stores some of them here.
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