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'How non-violent struggle works'– Gene Sharp
I have often quoted Gene Sharp’s little book from ‘Dictatorship to Democracy’ when talking about the importance of peaceful protests pointing out how…
Aug 23, 2022
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Forget The Soap-Opera. Let The People Govern
While the problems in the UK continue with rising costs of energy, 6 million NHS waitingThanks for reading The Harrogate Agenda! Subscribe for free to…
Aug 2, 2022
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June 2022
How popular votes made Switzerland a global democracy leader
[Series Swiss democracy hotspots with Claude Longchamp, Episode 4:] With its second federal constitution of 1874, Switzerland was suddenly catapulted to…
Jun 30, 2022
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Why we need a People's democracy.
A point I feel worth making over and over again, given the general decline of our country and competence of our governance, is that we have clearly…
Jun 23, 2022
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A few thoughts of the week.
1.As I posted on Twitter the other day. The Harrogate Agenda @NiallWarry 28 May It should not be up to politicians, the MSM or pressure groups as to how…
Jun 11, 2022
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May 2022
Local democracy is a sham.
This article is by the Editorial Chairman and co-founder of 'The Week' Jeremy O'Grady. Rumour has it that the local elections were held across much of…
May 16, 2022
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Local democracy is a sham.
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The People's Way.
The break in weekly posts has been caused by having to deal with my ailing 96 year old mother and some preparatory work on a THA event, to be held…
May 7, 2022
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April 2022
Democracy is dead - long live democracy!
This article by Iain Davis is long but really worth a read and gives his thoughs on the use of sortition to give us the real democracy we have never…
Apr 20, 2022
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Recently on Dr North’s blog ‘Turbulent Times’, on which his coverage of the Ukraine war has been second to none, I have often posted the comment, over…
Apr 12, 2022
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Discontented people bring about change.
A while back I was struck by this quote by the columnist Frank Tyger from the American business magazine Forbes. "Progress is not created by content…
Apr 4, 2022
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March 2022
What governments say is not what they do.
Leaving aside that ‘Events dear boy events’ can throw any government’s plans out of kilter a party’s manifesto is invariably not worth the paper it is…
Mar 29, 2022
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Why has the UK experienced more freedom and less despotism over the centuries?
I read an excellent book a while back called ‘Prisoners of Geography’ by Tim Marshall and in the chapter on Western Europe he wrote this:- “ There is a…
Mar 15, 2022
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