Benjamin Ramm

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Benjamin Ramm FRSA (born 12 June 1982) is a writer and journalist for the BBC and openDemocracy. He is former editor of The Liberal magazine. He is the founder of the eco-community Honeydew.

In December 2005, as editor of The Liberal, Ramm organised a "Kennedy Must Go" campaign to unseat Liberal Democrat party leader Charles Kennedy. [1] After the formation of the UK coalition government in 2010, Ramm argued that the party provided cover – as "the cloak that hides the dagger" [2] – for policies that damaged liberalism. He criticized the coalition on spending cuts, [3] the reforms to the NHS, [4] civil liberties, [5] the rise in VAT, [6] and the increase in tuition fees. [7]

In May 2011, he published the pamphlet Citizens: A Manifesto, featuring endorsements from Naomi Wolf, Philip Pullman, Ariel Dorfman and Peter Tatchell. [8]

Ramm is editor-at-large of openDemocracy. [9] He presents documentaries for BBC Radio 4 [10] and the BBC World Service, [11] and is a regular feature writer for BBC Culture. [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Kennedy hits back over quit call". BBC News. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Stevenson, Alex (9 December 2010). "Tuition fee rebels slash coalition majority". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Morris, Nigel (21 October 2010). "Lib Dems made sure cuts were fair, Clegg tells party members". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  4. ↑ Press Association (10 March 2012). "NHS Reforms – Liberal Democrat Spring Conference Vote Bid Fails". HuffPost. UK. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Mulholland, Hélène (2 April 2012). "Plans for greater email and web monitoring powers spark privacy fears". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Mixed reactions to Budget from grassroots Lib Dems". BBC News. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  7. ↑ Grice, Andrew (10 December 2010). "Victory – but at what price?". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Citizens: A Manifesto – Reception". citizensmanifesto.net. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "openDemocracy's Team". openDemocracy. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Mao's Golden Mangoes – BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Terror and Technology: The Unabomber, The Documentary – BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Ramm, Benjamin (12 January 2017). "The LSD cult that transformed America" . Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Ramm, Benjamin (25 January 2017). "The Irish novel that seduced the USSR" . Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  14. ↑ Ramm, Benjamin (16 May 2017). "A passport from a country that doesn't exist" . Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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