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• Howard's Way Tom Bentley gives his views on the highly effective campaigning strategy adopted by Michael Howard in recent weeks in today's Telegraph. By using the style and tone of single-issue campaigners, the Tories are for the first time since 1997 (and arguably 1993) able to present themselves as being more 'in touch' with popular opinion than Labour.Later this week, Demos will publish Manufacturing Dissent: Single-issue protest, the public and the press, written by journalist Kirsty Milne. It examines... from : samhintonsmith 14th March 2005
• Disorganisation in The Times The Times ran a piece about our Disorganisation report yesterday. Apparently there's also going to be a piece about it on French TV tomorrow. We'll 'loosen up' the world yet. from : paulmiller 18th February 2005
• Existentialism and brainiac specs: a day in the life of Demos The long-awaited 'day in a life' piece on Demos is in today's Independent. It follows Indy journalist Ed Caesar's recent visit to our pad in London Bridge. For those who've ever wondered what and who Demos is, it should serve as useful snapshot of life here. And despite the best efforts of our fast-talking Head of Development to bamboozle the poor chap, Ed seems to have found the experience interesting and genuinely eye-opening.The blog gets a well-deserved mention on the eve of its second... from : samhintonsmith 2nd February 2005
• Back to the future - liberation technology? Today's Daily Telegraph carries an article on Wingham Rowan's concept of national e-markets, an idea he first mooted in Liberation Technology, one of Demos' first publications, and later developed in Guaranteed Electronic Markets.Ten years on, and despite the success of the likes of eBay, it strikes me that the Internet has tended to reinforce the existing corporate-dominated structure of markets, rather than encouraging the kind of locally-based, community-controlled trading spaces advocated... from : samhintonsmith 27th January 2005
• Is social engineering back in fashion? Government policy on housing is founded on the principle of promoting socially engineered communities, according to an article in Housing Today quoting Paul Skidmore (registration required).The article points to measures such as those mooted in the Policy and Innovation Unit's 2002 report on Social Capital (360k PDF), and the 'Home Zones' initiative - changing the use of residential streets by measures such as traffic calming and encouraging children to play in streets by making them safer.The... from : samhintonsmith 26th January 2005
• Bentley on Bush DC columnist Ronald Brownstein argues that Bush will only succeed in promoting democracy across the globe if the US adopts a less unilateralist approach to international affairs - and one in which the cause of spreading democratic values isn't seen as a uniquely American responsibility. Bentley concurs, saying, "The credibility of a [pro-democracy] movement can only be based on support from broader communities than Bush represents."Brownstein also points to the success of the European Union's... from : samhintonsmith 25th January 2005
• What the media think the media are doing to our politics Last week's Demos event on the Media and Democracy is continuing to generate debate. There's an opinion piece by Bill Hagerty in today's Independent, reacting to Demos Associate John Lloyd's proposal to establish a media institute. Lloyd's thesis builds on the ideas he developed in his book What the media are doing to our politics. from : samhintonsmith 24th January 2005
• There goes my invitation to Davos It's Davos week when the stars of international policy and business hop in their choppers to the exclusive Swiss resort to chew over the world's problems. Alas I won't be amongst them and may have dashed my chances of ever getting an invitation after a few rash comments to Australia's The Age (registration required). from : paulmiller 24th January 2005
• Well, Natasha I had the pleasure of appearing on BBC1's breakfast programme today, and sitting on the sofa with the lovely Natasha. They were talking all morning about a new report from HEFCE on the failure to make any real progress on widening participation in HE. I was on with Sir Howard Newby from HEFCE, and as the news story shows, he was surprisingly open about the scale of the problem and the lack of solutions. It was fun to see a virtual institution operating out of not much more than a broom... from : johncraig 19th January 2005
• A Year in Ideas The New York Times Magazine published its annual Year in Ideas this weekend, and nestled between Presenteeism (the cost to companies of overly dedicated employees who come to work sick) and Psychopathetic CEO's (there is now a test to verify their rabid inner selves) is Charlie Leadbeater's and Paul Miller's Pro-Am revolution. Other ideas worth considering: The Global Political Positioning System, Lawfare, Listening for Cancer, The Micropolis, Neo-Secesssionism, Self-Storage, Skin Literature,... from : petermacleod 13th December 2004

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