British Democracy Is Not For Sale – It's Time To Clean Up Political Donation Rules, Labour MPs Say
Trust in politics has hit rock bottom – we hear it on the doorstep all the time. Too many people feel unheard in decisions ...
Reinvent UK Democracy: Abolish the House of Lords
“The House of Lords is indefensible.” So said Keir Starmer in December 2022, endorsing proposals drawn up by his predecessor ...
House Of Lords Thrown Into 'Chaos' As Democracy Protesters Bring Debate To A Halt
The House of Lords was thrown into “chaos” after democracy campaigners started chanting and throwing leaflets into the ...
The paradox of democracy’s success: behavioural science helps explain why we miss autocratic red flags
Paradoxically, the very success of democratic systems may thus also sow the seeds of their potential undoing. This is a ...
How the coronavirus pandemic changed the way we cover politics in Somerset
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
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Is the UK’s support for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza finally wavering?
Labour government has repeatedly aided and defended assault on Gaza – but opinions may be shifting as war intensifies ...
Democracy deficit in Muizzu's Maldives
Apparently, President Mohamed Muizzu seeks to ‘pack’ the Maldivian Supreme Court with a favourable majority, whose purpose ...
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To reinvent the UK’s democracy, abolish Lords
“The House of Lords is indefensible,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in December 2022, endorsing proposals drawn up by former British prime minister Gordon Brown to update the UK’s ancient .