# Benjamin Ramm

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'''Benjamin Ramm''' [FRSA](/source/FRSA) (born 12 June 1982) is a [writer](/source/writer) and [journalist](/source/journalist) for the [BBC](/source/BBC) and [openDemocracy](/source/openDemocracy). He is former editor of ''[The Liberal](/source/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](/source/The_Liberal),'' Ramm organised a "Kennedy Must Go" campaign to unseat Liberal Democrat party leader [Charles Kennedy](/source/Charles_Kennedy).<ref>{{cite news|title=Kennedy hits back over quit call|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4569012.stm|access-date=1 June 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=30 December 2006}}</ref> After the formation of the [UK coalition government](/source/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition) in 2010, Ramm argued that the party provided cover – as "the cloak that hides the dagger"<ref>{{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}}</ref> – for policies that damaged liberalism. He criticized the coalition on spending cuts,<ref>{{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}}</ref> the reforms to the NHS,<ref>{{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}}</ref> civil liberties,<ref>{{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}}</ref> the rise in VAT,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the increase in tuition fees.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In May 2011, he published the pamphlet ''Citizens: A Manifesto'', featuring endorsements from [Naomi Wolf](/source/Naomi_Wolf), [Philip Pullman](/source/Philip_Pullman), [Ariel Dorfman](/source/Ariel_Dorfman) and [Peter Tatchell](/source/Peter_Tatchell).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://citizensmanifesto.net/|title=Citizens: A Manifesto – Reception|website=citizensmanifesto.net|language=en|access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref>

Ramm is editor-at-large of openDemocracy.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He presents documentaries for BBC Radio 4<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zvb6k|title=Mao's Golden Mangoes – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> and the BBC World Service,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03vwfyp|title=Terror and Technology: The Unabomber, The Documentary – BBC World Service|publisher=BBC|access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> and is a regular feature writer for BBC Culture.<ref>{{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|date=12 January 2017 |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{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|date=25 January 2017 |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{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|date=16 May 2017 |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.theliberal.co.uk/editors_letter The Liberal editorial]

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