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With democracy at a moment of maximum peril, millions were pinning their hopes on the Democratic party as a last wall of defence – but the debate changed that

The journalist, and critics, accuse the Italian PM of leading the country towards authoritarianism

Democracies are no better than other forms of government at avoiding catastrophic mistakes. But they are much more effective at rectifying them. While the 2024 British general election might have seemed a long time coming, as the country meandered from one failure to the next, the utter scale of defeat…

New Zealand left with one state-owned English language network as shrinking news landscape prompts fears over impact on democracy

Democracy can be tense at that one point in the cycle when power resides with the people and not politicians

The very skills that formed the great experiment of democracy are the same skills that lead to breakthrough ideas and continued economic growth.

Not everyone in the UK makes use of their right to vote

Youngsters marched for Millfields Community School’s Democracy Week

Let’s celebrate a democracy that once was – but not what it now is