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09 March 2010
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector

John Seddon launches new book at ResPublica

09 March 2010 10:14 - 10:14
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04 March 2010
Damian Green MP speaks to ResPublica

Shadow Immigration Minister argues for a new approach to civil liberties for the poorest members of society

04 March 2010 11:02 - 00:00
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02 March 2010
Damian Green MP speaks to ResPublica on Civil Liberties for the Poorest Members of Society

ResPublica is delighted to host an evening speech by Shadow Immigration Minister, Damian Green MP, on the subject of civil liberties, entitled ‘Poor People Need Civil Liberties Too,' at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).

Damian Green MP, whose own civil liberties were breached in a high profile raid on his home and Parliamentary office in 2008, will argue that civil liberties are not a luxury for the middle classes, but one of the essentials of a good life which the poor are denied. The state tries to provide them with money, advice and guidance while also interfering in every area of their personal life “for their own good.” Instead we should give them the space and freedom the middle class demand for themselves, and encourage them to take more control over their own lives and their local environment. This is the only long-term way to build civil society in disadvantaged communities. It is a modern Conservative solution, making the state smal

02 March 2010 18:30 - 18:30 1 Plough Place
London EC4A
25 February 2010
Damian Green MP to speak to ResPublica on civil liberties for the poorest members of society

2 March 2010 6:30pm - 8:30pm at NESTA

25 February 2010 10:51 - 00:00
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21 January 2010
Phillip Blond on Nightwaves

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond debates the topic: Is the Enlightenment still relevant today? on BBC Radio 3's Nightwaves programme.
To listen please visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ps3v6/Night_Waves_The_Enlightenment/

21 January 2010
06 October 2009
NESTA: Leading from the Front: Real Reform of Public Services

Conservation with Phillip Blond (NESTA Fellow) and John Seddon, with introduction by Jonathan Kestenbaum.
Event Host: NESTA

06 October 2009 20:00 - 20:00 Charles Hallé Suite, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Staff Appearances

18 June 2010
Phillip Blond speaks at Chatham House event: Competition, Markets and the State

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond will be speaking at the Chatham House 'Competition Policy in the New Decade' conference on the subject: Competition, Markets and the State. The event is chaired by Mark Williams, Director of NERA Economic Consulting.

There will be a Keynote Address by Lowri Evans, Deputy Director General for State Aid, DG Competition
European Commission. Followed by a panel discussion.

Some of the issues addressed will be:


  • Is the "competition culture" alive and well, or do competition authorities need to re-assert the case for competition policy?

  • Can we expect rising intervention in markets by competition authorities around the world? Or just rising intervention by governments?

  • Is competition in unregulated markets still the preferred way to organise economic activity?

  • Does state subsidy have a proper role to play in the management of the economy?

  • Have markets

    18 June 2010 13:15 - 13:15 10 St James's Square
    London
    SW1Y 4LE
15 June 2010
Phillip Blond speaks at The Guardian Public Procurement Conference

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond will be speaking at the lunchtime key debate at The Guardian Public Procurement Conference which will seek to answer:

How are public services changing and how do we need to adapt to deliver better services with less money?

How can the public sector become more innovative and create new methods for delivering essential public services?

For further information please visit the conference website: http://www.publicprocurementshow.com/page.cfm/Action=Seminars/CategoryID=1/goSection=6

15 June 2010 12:15 - 12:15 London
08 June 2010
Phillip Blond discusses the latest Westminster developments on Radio Five Live on the 6th of June 2010

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond discusses Westminster developments on Radio Five Live on the 6th of June 2010. To listen click here.

08 June 2010 11:03 - 00:00
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01 June 2010
Phillip Blond discusses Where next for the teaching profession? at the Institute of Education

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond will be speaking at an Institute of Education's event on the topic:

Where next for the teaching profession?

The General Election generated much discussion of the constraints facing public spending and the need for greater autonomy for schools, but very little comment on the implications for the teaching profession. This event, one of the first on education following the Election, offers you the opportunity to hear from leading commentators and debate the priorities for the teaching profession under the new Government.

To RSVP for this event please contact Dr Emma Wisby at the Institute of Government at e.wisby@ioe.ac.uk

01 June 2010 17:00 - 17:00 Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London WC1
01 June 2010
Phillip Blond talks about welfare reform on Radio 4's The World Tonight programe on the 27th May 2010

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond speaks to The World Tonight programme about the Government's planned welfare reforms. To listen click here.

01 June 2010 10:42 - 00:00
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29 May 2010
Phillip Blond speaks at 'How The Light Gets In' festival

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond will be speaking at several debates at the 'How The Light Gets In 2010,' the Philosophy Festival at Hay.

He will be speaking at:

Mortality and Immortality debate at 12am on the 30th of May.

The Red Tory: The Future of Politics? at 3pm on the 31st of May.

The Individual: An Endangered Species? at 5.30pm on the 31st of May.

For further details and tickets please visit the Festival's website: http://www.howthelightgetsin.org/tickets-and-programme-2/

29 May 2010 23:00 - 23:00 Various locations in Hay-on-Wye, please visit festival website for more information.
29 May 2010
Phillip Blond speaks at Salisbury International Arts Festival

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond will be speaking about his new book "Red Tory" at the Salisbury Festival.

In Red Tory, Blond argues that only a radical new political settlement can tackle the problems we face. It offers a different vision for our future and overturns our long-held political assumptions. Challenging, exhilarating and transformative, it is the book for our times.

Phillip Blond is a political thinker, theologian and philosopher, and director of the think tank ResPublica. The New Statesman has called his thinking 'the only genuinely innovative political idea of the past few years.' He writes frequently for the mainstream press on economics, politics and social policy. The Times have called Red Tory one of the highlights of the year to come.

This is sure to be a scintillating and lively event with an impassioned speaker.

For tickets and further information please visit: http://www.salisburyfestival.co.uk/event.aspx?id=384


29 May 2010 13:30 - 13:30
20 May 2010
Phillip Blond on the Radio 4's Today Programme Thursday 20th May 2010

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond spoke on Radio 4's Today Programme on Thursday the 20th of May about the new Coalition Government. Please click here to hear the programme.

20 May 2010 14:47 - 00:00
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13 May 2010
Watch: Phillip Blond discusses the Coalition Government on Newsnight

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond discussed the new Coalition Government on Newsnight on Wednesday the 12th of May 2010. To see the video please click here.

13 May 2010 10:29 - 10:29
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06 May 2010
Phillip Blond discusses his book 'Red Tory' at the Southbank Centre

ResPublica Director Phillip Blond will be speaking at the Southbank Centre about his new book "Red Tory."

Philip Blond, one of the most controversial political thinkers of recent times, discusses the direction of a new progressive politics. Blond's arguments borrow from the left and the right, and he claims a strengthening of local communities, redistribution of tax and the restoration of the nuclear family as his model for the future. With a hung parliament possible, this final event in our Election 10 series catches Britain at the crossroads. Have your say about the direction we should take.

To book tickets please click here.

06 May 2010 18:45 - 18:45 Southbank Centre
London