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British politics loves to borrow from American politics. Whether their rallies, their slogans or their advisers, if something is happening across the pond, it seems we just cannot help but want a piece of the action. One thing it seems we have never been tempted by...

Having failed rather miserably to make it as far as London for the Fabian AGM the other weekend, I found myself outside the White Hart in Lewes. This was the political base of Thomas Paine. As the plaque on the walls says: ‘here he expounded his revolutionary...

Three weeks into #occupywallst the movement is receiving a major boost with American Unions joining the call of the protesters. With demonstrations spreading across state lines media outlets are wondering if this could be a left wing version of the Tea Party on the...

The Arab Spring has overshadowed Kurdistan, which is the safest, most pluralistic and dynamic part of Iraq although persistent social, economic and political problems make it necessary to accelerate reform, deepen democracy and renew its economy. This is the core...