Theme : newpublication
- Can 'Fair Conservatism' win the next election? Only by showing that they care about the poor will the Conservatives win over thirtysomething middle class voters, according to a piece on the Today Programme about our new report True Blue. You can listen again here. The report also gets a mention in the Telegraph.The report's author Nicholas Boys Smith will be interviewed on the Daily Politics this lunchtime. He'll also be speaking at the pamphlet's launch tonight at Demos. from : samhintonsmith 28th November 2005
- More Tory blogging Nick Boys Smith, author of our forthcoming pamphlet True Blue, has written a piece for Conservative Home about Fair Conservatism. To find out more, come to the launch on Monday. from : samhintonsmith 25th November 2005
- Madonna, Maggie and makeovers You're the one I'm dreaming of, Your heart fits me like a glove.So sang Madonna on True Blue, the title track from her 1986 smash hit album. Her third studio release, True Blue constituted a major makeover for Madonna; and since then she's gone from being one of the biggest selling female artists in the world to a bona fide Pop Legend.Times have been tougher for the Conservatives since their apogee under Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. It's become something of a truism that the party is in... from : samhintonsmith 18th November 2005
- What is 'Britishness'? What does 'Britishness' mean in a society characterised by multiple identities - ethnic, religious, national and cultural? Even before July's terrorist attacks, Trevor Phillips of the CRE had called for an end to multiculturalism in Britain. Interviewed in yesterday's Times, the writer Hanif Kureishi criticised Phillips' campaign, accusing him of "countering fundamentalism with another kind of fundamentalism, a retreat into Englishness." Demos will be making its own contribution to the debate... from : samhintonsmith 7th September 2005
- Tackling terror after London Crude causal links between the Iraq War and 'global terrorism' may hit the headlines, but Scilla instead provides us with our own Road Map for better security, based on five core principles:* avoiding more violence* showing respect* 'deep listening'* engaging civil society* involving women in peace buildingNow that Tony has done his bit for world poverty, perhaps it time he use Britian's presidency of the G8 and of the EU to shape a new agenda for tackling terror. from : samhintonsmith 20th July 2005
- Democracy Day Our office is decked in Demos yellow bunting today to mark the launch of our new essay Everyday Democracy, written by director Tom Bentley. You may have read about it in yesterday's Guardian. The essay argues that we need to rebuild our political culture from the bottom up - constitutional reform alone will not reconnect political decision-making with our everyday lives. from : samhintonsmith 1st June 2005
- Reframing the common good In his view, Conservative think tanks have played a major role in framing the political debate in the US. Whenever liberals enter the debate, they use the frame created by conservatives, inadvertently reinforcing the frame. Conservative think tanks have spent time, money and brain power on creating these frames, he says.The title helps understand his point: I say 'don't think of an elephant', you immediately think of an elephant because your 'elephant frame' is activated. If you want to change... from : EddieEddie 1st June 2005
- Independent Living We launched a new report called Independent Living yesterday. It was covered by the BBC, Guardian and Daily Mail among others. Sarah also wrote a Guardian comment piece (photo courtesy of our own Charlie Tims).New disability minister Anne McGuire gave her first proper speech since taking the job at the launch event. We'll try and get hold of some of the speeches and post them here as there were some very good ones.The report follows on from our Disablism report of last year and argues that the... from : paulmiller 27th May 2005
- We've been slashdotted... Wide Open caught the eye of Slashdot which is great... except it means our webserver might be a bit slow if you're trying to download thh pamphlet. from : paulmiller 21st April 2005
- Do you want source with that? Our long fascination with open source continues with a new report out tomorrow, jointly published with the Young Foundation. It's called Wide Open: open source methods and their future potential, and asks whether the success of open source in creating software such as Linux and Mozilla could be mirrored in other areas such as public policy. I'll leave you to read the piece and make up your own mind, but one idea I like is for an Open Commission for Accuracy in the Media (OCOM) to keep track... from : paulmiller 19th April 2005
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