Electoral Reform

Many people feel there is no point in voting, because 'nothing changes' - nothing important. Which is not surprising, because the system we have is designed to resist change. By definition, the current system works for the groups which get, and exp

Brexit: Understanding What Happened

Brexit is possibly the most divisive political event in the history of the UK. The fallout from Brexit has left almost everybody hurt and feeling cheated. This is an attempt to understand how we achieved such an unhappy outcome. If we can agree ab

Freedom and Society

When considering society, you can't usefully talk about freedom purely in the abstract - you need to talk about more specific freedoms: who should be free to do what, and when?

Ukraine: How to End the War

I am suggesting that we should negotiate to give Russia the territory it is demanding, not because I believe Russia should be rewarded for starting this war, but because allowing them to succeed would be the greatest punishment we can inflict on them

Financial Details

We operate an 'open book' policy: all financial activity will be accessible to the public, and we will do our best to answer questions about where money comes from, and about why and how money is spent.

Why a Membership Fee?

Many - probably most - online communities operate without a membership fee, so why are we asking our members to pay for the privilege of participating? There are several reasons. None of this is set in stone, and we welcome feedback, comments and a

Prison

People argue about the purpose of prison (punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence...)

It is clear that prisons are validly described as 'univsersities of crime' - being sent to prison increases the probability of the individual being sent back to pris

Ukraine

Links to pieces about Ukraine.

Ukraine: Our Goal

There are only two ways out of the conflict in Ukraine: external negotiation or internal coup.

American Evangelicalism

Introduction

For a long time, British evangelical Christians have been expressing disquiet about aspects of American evangelicalism. There have always been theologicial differences between the two groups, but the main difference is that British evan

Politics: Can You Retain Your Integrity?

One question I regularly hear is: can you be a politician and retain your integrity? Is politics such a dirty game that everyone who plays ends up covered in muck? I think there are three short answers. * Yes, it is possible to be a politicia

Kinds of Freedom

Discussions about freedom often identify two distinct kinds of freedom, often described as 'freedom from' and 'freedom to'; some people identify a third kind of freedom, which can be described as 'freedom to be' - freedom to be yourself, freedom to b

The Desire for Freedom

While we desire freedom, most of the things which matter to us are the result of limiting our freedom. We find that choosing to limit our freedom in some ways actually expands our freedom in other, more important, ways.

Freedom

Freedom is a subject people have talked and argued about for a very long time. The aim of these articles is not to end the arguments, but to provide a possible framework within which we can have clear and constructive discussions about freedom, unde

The Meaning of Freedom

I would like to suggest that one major reason why we struggle with the concept is because the meaning of freedom is paradoxical, partial and ambiguous - deeply context-dependent.

Particles, People and Purpose

The framework we are using divides all of reality (like Caesar divided Gaul) into three parts: physical, social and spiritual. This is primarily because each area requires a distinct set of tools and disciplines.

Universal Basic Income

UBI is a regular, unconditional payment given to everyone on a regular basis, perhaps every month.

Money

There is something that everybody certainly believes in, uses most days, and yet it is purely an artifact of reasoning and is nothing more than an abstraction. It appears in the core of every business and appears within every transaction. It determ

Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a country with several longstanding problems; in the past half century, interventions by other nations have failed to address these problems, and sometimes made them worse.

World Affairs

Links to pieces about world affairs, currently written from a UK perspective, as that is where our current members are based.

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