Conceptric

The archives for politics

  1. Fear of Reform

    I’ve just watched an edition of “People and Power” on Al Jazeera about the situation in Yemen. It ignored the government Officials to focus on the views of Yemenis from both sides of the political divide, and there does appear to be two sides in Yemen. If that’s the case in Yemen then may be [...]

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  2. Electoral reform later?

    From a historical perspective the Conservative Party has always been out on it’s own, first opposite the Liberals and later the Labour Party. Is it any wonder they’re less than keen on Proportional Representation (PR) when they’ve never polled more than 49.7% of the vote?

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  3. Strong Government

    What is the meaning of “strong government”? I’ve heard the term bandied about by many people over the last couple of days, but no one’s tried to define it for me. It appears that it’s just one of those things we must want without knowing what it actually means.

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  4. Carbon Neutral or Sustainable

    The terms ‘Carbon Neutral’ and ‘Sustainable’ are often found invoked in the same context, but they’re not necessarily compatible: carbon neutrality can be achieved without, or even at the expense of sustainability.

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  5. Government can’t provide the solution

    I’m not normally given to naivety and unrealistic bouts of optimism, but last week I discovered to my surprise that I genuinely expected some positive agreement on climate change from the Copenhagen summit. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those campaigners on the TV, or that pour forth tweets, and I haven’t been glued to the news from Denmark, but at the end of the conference I have to admit to feeling a little deflated.

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  6. Government for Change

    I wonder what type of national structure and system of government is best for managing extreme change? Climate and social changes are going to ask some serious questions during the coming decades.

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