There's a good piece by Daniel Finkelstein in The Times today, which casts doubt on the notions of e-Democracy as a legitimate way forward in this country. He argues that it could all too easily be manipulated by the government - which is running an experiment on the 10 Downing Street website - as a way to justify policies on the basis of spurious public backing. We are all asked to go to the Downing Street website and vote for Ringo Starr to be knighted as a way to test the system. A more comprehensive plan for change - in the form of direct democracy - was laid out in the June edition of the Civitas Review.