Devolving England, the last Wardman Wire Online Symposium that ran during October is now available as a PDF download.

An online symposium is a series of articles from a range of viewpoints on a common subject over several days. We are experimenting with this as a way of encouraging thoughtful debate amongst bloggers and others. Each series of articles is published on the Wardman Wire, and also as a PDF download – as an experiment in making blog-debate available more widely.

There were 5 contributors to the Devolving England symposium:

1. First up – Dave Cole thinks its A Long Way to Westminster.
2. Following on, Garbo looks at prospects for an English Parliament.
3. In response, Matt Wardman looks at the multifarious levels of government we now have and suggests a judicious shave with Ockham’s Razor.
4. The Thunderdragon looks at devolution and democratisation.
5. And Damian Hockney, late of the London Assembly, gives us his take on devolution after his time at City Hall – warning us to be wary of booby traps.

It was a very interesting symposium and created quite a lot of discussion.

At the Wardman Wire, we are planning to do a number of symposia in 2009, ideally around one a month – and we are looking for sponsorship.

We offer:

1. Co-branding of the articles and PDF within the series.
2. A logo displayed in each article at the top, and an acknowledgement.
3. A logo on the front page of the PDF download and a description of your organisation and services.
4. We can also include advertising on the website at a reduced rate.
5. Your logo appears in the Excerpt for each article, which means that it also appears in our site RSS feeds.
6. The article sponsorships are permanent.

Please contact mattwardman AT gmail DOT com for more information. You know you want to.