Comment & Analysis

Last week, the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee finally said what most of us have been thinking in a vociferous report on homeopathy.

The report stated that “homeopathic products perform no better [read more]

One of the key issues for Republic is sovereignty – in other words, the source of supreme legal and political power. In the UK it is the Crown and parliament that are sovereign (through [read more]

Fairly frequently during the course of this debate I’m asked: “Do we need a head of state at all?” My answer is an unequivocal “Well, yes and no”. While theoretically it is not essential, [read more]

One of Republic’s core messages is that in a democracy the people must take responsibility for their own affairs, not simply point the finger of blame at others or seek maternal protection from the ‘powers-that-be’. [read more]

We’ve always known that Prince Charles has a monumental ego, utterly disproportionate to his actual abilities - but picking a fight with Descartes, Voltaire and Rousseau?

We live under a government that seems to have a very schizophrenic attitude towards reform.

On the one hand, the government appears to be reforming things all the time. It is continually overhauling the education system [read more]

Although the reforms offered for debate by Power2010 fall short of the fundamental changes Britain needs, and certainly don’t go far enough to challenge the underlying structure of British politics, they should nonetheless be welcomed [read more]