Question the Powerful

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’).

Saturday, 15 July 2017

Isn’t Profit a Tax on Workers?

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The people of a country generate its Gross Domestic Product with the support of the nation’s infrastructure, judicial protection and public ...

Saturday, 1 July 2017

From Russia with Brexit & Trump

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After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the threat of a military attack from Russia was diminished. Many in the West were non...

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Sunday, 11 June 2017

National Alliance for Brexit

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If Theresa May persists with an exclusive deal with the DUP and continues to keep other party leaders in the dark about her approach to Brex...

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Friday, 9 June 2017

Gambling with the UK’s Future

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To lose one gamble may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness; but to lose three is surely utter incompetence. I...

Thursday, 1 June 2017

The Rules-Freedom Symbiosis

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For too long the rant against rules as barriers to ‘Freedom’ has gone unchallenged. Playing on people’s instinctive yearning to be free fro...

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Monday, 15 May 2017

Left, Right, or Optimal?

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Whenever a label causes more disagreement about what it is supposed to mean than helps to identify what is on offer, it is time to discard i...

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Monday, 1 May 2017

To Share or Not To Share

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How is wealth shared out amongst the people who have worked together to produce it? According to a survey of the FTSE 100 companies, the a...

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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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