Archive for 'Issue 01'
Dealing with the BNP
Over the past year the British National Party has repeatedly occupied a place in the media spotlight, and much discussion has taken place about the appropriate steps that government and civil society should take to address [...]
Dear Gandhi
“If he were alive today, how might Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest apostle of non-violence, challenge Osama Bin Laden’s worldview?” Lord Bhikhu Parekh’s imaginary dialogue between them in April’s edition of Prospect magazine explores their arguments and [...]
Letter to Dr Carey
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, was widely criticised for his critical comments about Islam during an address given at the Gregorian University, Rome, on the 25th of March 2004. One of his claims [...]
Apathy Wins by a Landslide
“If voting changed anything, they’d abolish it” (Ken Livingstone 1987 title of book) At the heart of western democracy is the concept of consent, indeed this is what gives any government its legitimacy or a parliament [...]
Counting the Cost for Pensioners
In October 2003 the bodies of George and Gertrude Bates, a couple in their eighties, were found in the house they had lived in for 63 years. Because of their low income, they had not been [...]
