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 [https://www.honeydew.community/press Honeydew].

In December 2005, as editor of The Liberal, Ramm organised a "Kennedy Must Go" campaign to unseat Liberal Democrat party leader Charles Kennedy.{{cite news|title=Kennedy hits back over quit call|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4569012.stm|accessdate=1 June 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=30 December 2006}} After the formation of the UK coalition government in 2010, Ramm argued that the party provided cover – as "the cloak that hides the dagger"{{cite news|last=Stevenson|first=Alex|title=Tuition fee rebels slash coalition majority|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/news/education/tuition-fees-countdown-to-the-vote-$21386170.htm|accessdate=9 April 2011|newspaper=Politics.co.uk|date=9 December 2010}} – for policies that damaged liberalism. He criticized the coalition on spending cuts,{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Nigel|title=Lib Dems made sure cuts were fair, Clegg tells party members|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lib-dems-made-sure-cuts-were-fair-clegg-tells-party-members-2112313.html|accessdate=9 April 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=21 October 2010}} the reforms to the NHS,{{cite news|last=Press Association|title=NHS Reforms – Liberal Democrat Spring Conference Vote Bid Fails|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/10/nhs-reforms-liberal-democrat-spring-conference_n_1336576.html?ref=uk|accessdate=11 March 2012|work=HuffPost|location= UK|date=10 March 2012}} civil liberties,{{cite news|last=Mulholland|first=Hélène|title=Plans for greater email and web monitoring powers spark privacy fears|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/02/email-web-monitoring-powers-privacy|accessdate=8 April 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 April 2012}} the rise in VAT,{{cite news|title=Mixed reactions to Budget from grassroots Lib Dems|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10378350|accessdate=9 April 2011|publisher=BBC News|date=22 June 2010}} and the increase in tuition fees.{{cite news|last=Grice|first=Andrew|title=Victory – but at what price?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/victory-ndash-but-at-what-price-2156013.html|accessdate=9 April 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=10 December 2010}}

In May 2011, he published the pamphlet Citizens: A Manifesto, featuring endorsements from Naomi Wolf, Philip Pullman, Ariel Dorfman and Peter Tatchell.{{Cite web|url=http://citizensmanifesto.net/|title=Citizens: A Manifesto – Reception|website=citizensmanifesto.net|language=en|access-date=2017-05-19}}

Ramm is editor-at-large of openDemocracy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/about/team|title=openDemocracy's Team|date=2014-09-01|website=openDemocracy|language=en|access-date=2017-05-19}} He presents documentaries for BBC Radio 4{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zvb6k|title=Mao's Golden Mangoes – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|access-date=2017-05-19}} and the BBC World Service,{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vwfyp|title=Terror and Technology: The Unabomber, The Documentary – BBC World Service|publisher=BBC|access-date=2017-05-19}} and is a regular feature writer for BBC Culture.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170112-the-lsd-cult-that-terrified-america|title=The LSD cult that transformed America|last=Ramm|first=Benjamin|access-date=2017-05-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170119-the-irish-novel-that-seduced-the-ussr|title=The Irish novel that seduced the USSR|last=Ramm|first=Benjamin|access-date=2017-05-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170515-a-passport-from-a-country-that-doesnt-exist|title=A passport from a country that doesn't exist|last=Ramm|first=Benjamin|access-date=2017-05-19}}