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A blog: " De Borda abroad." From Belfast to Beijing and beyond... and back. Starting in Vienna with the TEDx talk, I go by bus and/or train for more debates in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Istanbul, Tbilisi, Yerevan and Tehran, before flying - sorry about that - to Urumqi in Xīnjiāng, followed by more debates in Beijing, Tianjin, Hong Kong and Taiwan... but not in Pyongyang. Then back via Mongolia (where I was an election observer last year) and Moscow (where I worked in the '80s).
I have my little fold-up Brompton with me - surely the best way of exploring any new city! So I fly hardly at all; I go by train, boat or bus if possible, and then cycle wherever in each new venue; and all with just one plastic water bottle... or that was the intention!
The story is on: https://debordaabroad.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/de-borda-abroad/
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The director alongside the statue of Jean-Charles de Borda, capitaine et savant, in l’École Navale in Brest, 24.9.2010. Photo by Gwenaelle Bichelot.
Here's the YouTube, the PowerPoint, and the text of the speech (more or less).
Monday, January 21, 2019 Unfortunately, all too few people question binary voting; but it's part of the problem! Political Science Association of Ireland, PSAI, has just published:
https://politicalreform.ie/2019/01/21/does-brexit-demand-non-binary-decision-making/
Monday, December 24, 2018 Paddy was probably the bravest, most committed, most linguistically gifted of all post-war UK politicians.
Here he is at our 2012 book launch in the House of Lords, (2011-9 and 2012-4), along with the late Elizabeth Meehan (2018-1) and his fellow lord, Mike Boyce. I first met Paddy back in the 70s at a Liberal Party function: we were both ex-military, both of Northern Ireland, and both of Belfast. So he took me to Yeovil, and I was highly impressed by his energetic campaigning. Our paths crossed again in Bosnia, where he was the much-loved High Representative, 2002-6. A Serbian friend of mine sat next to him, flying to London one year. "Sarajevo?" "Oh yes, I've been there," said Paddy, never one to boast. We were often in touch, so I signed my next letter to him, boastfully, Srdačan Pozdrav, (Serbo-Croat for 'yours sincerely'); to which his secretary replied, Dear Srdačan Pozdrav.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 openDemocracy has just publihsed:
https://opendemocracy.net/uk/peter-emerson/for-people-to-have-their-say-on-brexit-how-best-can-multi-option-conundrum-be-resol
and see 2018-16, 2018-14, etc.
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Evan Davies gave de Borda an interview on his PM programme on Mon 12th Nov.
See also 2018-14 and 2017-5
Friday, October 26, 2018 Dubin City University has one article: http://dcubrexitinstitute.eu/2018/10/a-better-measure-of-the-will-of-the-people/
and Queen's University Belfast has another: http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/brexit-a-meaningful-vote/
Monday, August 20, 2018 http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/brexit-a-meaningful-vote/ (See 2018-12, -11, -7, -2, 2017-14, -1, 2016-12, -9 and especially 2016-1, in which we predicted the result of the June 2016 Brexit nonsense.)
Monday, August 6, 2018 Infacts has just published, "There's more than one way to count a three-way People's Vote." It’s on: https://infacts.org/theres-more-than-one-way-to-count-a-three-way-peoples-vote/
Monday, July 16, 2018 A review, University College London, into the conduct of referendums, calls for multi-option ballots. Because of our submission? Maybe.
And it follows on from, and supports, Ireland's Citizens' Assembly. See 2018-3.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 So Boris Johnson resigns. But why? Hence our latest press release, No 22, top-right hand corner of the home page, calling for the matrix vote.
