They must be mad
John Kampfner attends the session Politics and Emotions held by Catherine Fieschi,director of Demos. In this article for the Guardian he draws conclusions not about the public's emotional status but that of politicians.
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Nudge in the Right Direction
A pamphlet by British policymakers that all American policymakers should read. Serious and nuanced thinking about the political complications arising from tensions between individual freedoms and mutual obligations, and about the government’s role in m
Jihad in the age of YouTube
Jamie Bartlett has a short piece in this month's Prospect magazine which looks at the suicide bomber videos of the men currently on trial for plotting to blow up Atlantic flights mid air. The suicide bomber video used to be a fairly well thought out and
Behave yourself
Governments have largely withdrawn from management of the economy and from regulation of corporate behaviour. Instead, they try to manage society and to regulate personal behaviour. As Duncan O'Leary puts it in the introduction to a Demos report published
Generation excess
The thinktank Demos this week launched UK Confidential, a collection of essays about privacy. It's beyond huge, this issue - it spans every technological advance that's ever happened, every element of government, every cultural trend: so many things make
The orphan of Whitehall
The annual report from the Serious Organised Crime Agency, published yesterday, is a mix of self-congratulation and spectacular underachievement. While the rhetoric from politicians has been to get tough on organised crime, the reality is more humbling: w
Why it's uncool to be an Islamic extremist
Like terrorism itself, fighting terrorism is a creature of fashion. The latest on the catwalk is ‘countering extremism'. It is yielding negligible dividends. In some respects it is even counter-productive. It proposes cures for the flimsy rationale for
Patients should get Wikirecords
The Government should create ‘Wikirecords’ - online, accessible medical records which patients can contribute to and comment on – according to a new report from think tank Demos.
Dr Finlay is dead
Ben Bradshaw invokes the views of the public to justify extending GP access. Telling us what we want and providing it is the oldest trick in the book. When asked what we want, we of course say that we want to be able to see whoever, whenever. But governme
GP-Patient Relationship in Need of First Aid
The conversation between GPs and patients is under enormous pressure, and must be rethought for a less deferential age in which patients have access to vast amounts of medical information, a report launched by Demos today will argue.
Private sector must step in to tackle crisis in loneliness among older people
Ageing Sociably argues that businesses must do its bit to tackle the crisis in loneliness among older people.
Housing providers should bid for reablement contracts
Clinical commissioners should look again both at how reablement services are delivered – and who delivers them – as they take responsibility for these schemes from local authorities, says a new report by Demos.
Demos: Social housing should provide universal preventative support
Early warning systems would save government and housing providers money.
Demos publishes ‘blueprint’ for social media intelligence monitoring
The ethical principles upon which the British security authorities should be allowed to monitor social media are laid out in a report published today by the think tank Demos.
London think-tank scores progress on the Olympics 7 out of 10
With 100 days until the Olympics the Centre for London scores the organisers on progress so far.
Demos: Religious most likely to identify as on the left
People who identify with a faith – even if they are not actively practising – are more likely to volunteer, be politically engaged and be active citizens in their neighbourhoods, according to our new report. People who identify with a relig
Mentoring schemes benefit mentors as well as mentees
A new evaluation by Demos finds that mentors benefit significantly from taking part in mentoring schemes.
Expert panel proposes framework to underpin any future change in law on assisted dying for terminally ill people
The Commission on Assisted Dying publishes its findings and recommendations in its final report.
New report reveals how cuts and confusion push disabled people into poverty
The latest instalment of our Disability in Austerity study finds that disabled people are confused about the nature of the Government's welfare reforms.
Britons more proud of the National Trust than the Royal Family
Shakespeare and the National Trust top a poll on symbols that inspire a sense of pride in the British public, beating the pound, the Monarchy and the BBC.