I wonder to what extent citizens worldwide have problems with their representatives, or whether they simply don’t think about them at all. Every time I see a new survey claiming how much citizens from X country detest their respected parliament, I wish there were two follow-up questions: 1) what’s the name of your representative? What are her/his…

What actually is the government’s majority?

Working out a governing party’s majority is simple – on paper.

In May the Conservatives won 330 seats. There are 650 MPs.

650 minus 330 equals 320. Therefore the Conservative government has a majority in the House of Commons of 10.

Parlamentarismul fumătorului

Republica Moldova este o republică parlamentară, o știe fiecare elev mai trece pe la ora de Eduație civică. Dar cât de parlamentară este țara noastră?

În Marea Britanie, care este o formă clasică de parlamentarism, Primul ministru și toți miniștrii…

Parliamentary Government vs Federalism

“There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.” — Hubert H. Humphrey

This government is constantly deadlocked, and constantly unable to get any meaningful work done. Now…

What is the future for hackathons?

I have been to a fair few hackathons and slightly proud that some of them were a bit pioneering. For example I went to the very first National Hack the Government in 2009. Though I had no idea what was going on it was massively enjoyable. Earlier this year I had a bit part as a judge at the…