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Look at the way power & responsibility are distributed around society today and ask: can’t we do better? Question the Powerful promotes political understanding and democratic action through a range of publications, guidance, and talks. (For more info, click on ‘Henry Tam: Words & Politics’ under ‘Menu’).

Friday, 15 July 2011

The Nasty Media

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First came the confession of the Nasty Party (source: T. May, 2002), then the outcry over the Nasty Bankers, and now the exposure of the Nas...

Friday, 1 July 2011

The Big Con

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Just as everyday con merchants trick people into handing over their valuables for nothing, the Big Con in politics deceives people into thin...

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

A Tale of Two Strategies

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As Obama plans his bid for a second Presidential term, there are two contrasting strategies he may wish to consider. On the other side of t...

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Left Disorientated?

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After the parliamentary elections in May 2010, with more Labour, Lib Dem, Green, SNP MPs than Tory ones, it appeared that the UK had leaned ...

Sunday, 15 May 2011

The Joker to the Right

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To commemorate the victims in the first year of the Coalition Government’s cuts, there should be wall-to-wall screening of the scene in ‘Res...

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Royal Family Values: a historical fact sheet

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In response to those who are worried that children are not taught enough about family values, monarchical traditions, and, above all, key da...

Saturday, 16 April 2011

Memento Tory

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I was watching Christopher Nolan’s ingenious film, ‘Memento’, again but with the sequences edited so I could see them in the actual chronolo...

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Henry Benedict Tam: Director of ‘Question the Powerful’ project. Author of political studies and dystopian novels. Policy expert on community empowerment. Convenor of Communitarian Forum. Educator (WEA; Cambridge University; Visiting Professor, Birkbeck, London University).

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