Social media can help to keep the Olympics safe

Supporters of an open society can be found on all sides of British politics. But they are declining in number, and on the retreat

30 years after she came to power, what does Britain think of Margaret Thatcher's legacy?

Frank Field and James Crabtree's call for compulsory civic service for all young people has provoked some heated debate. Here is a selection of the responses

Most people think that young people should be asked to give something back. Politicians agree. Yet a compulsory scheme has seemed too ambitious—until now. A civic service scheme could be the legacy of this recession

A national Prospect/YouGov poll shows Britain to be deeply concerned about civil unrest and long-term unemployment: and in favour of national civic service

My mum emailed to ask if I'd marched for Palestinian solidarity. How to say I hadn't?

In a crisis, power usually returns to the centre. But the leading figures of the coming post-Brown era are still talking about dispersing it

Many mosques are failing the communities they serve, says the author of a major new report. This is a missed opportunity in the fight against Islamist extremism

Jews in Britain have never been more culturally confident or politically diverse. Why, then, are so many of their leaders scared?

"Red Toryism" may claim to be progressive, but instead harks back to a time of fear, destitution and powerlessness. Rousseau would certainly have disapproved

The Tories have everything to gain from a Scottish independence referendum in 2010: the SNP, and New Labour, have everything to lose