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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

Although tonight we are promised the exciting spectacle of democracy in full vigour, throwing off the fever of the last few weeks, we must admit the campaign itself has been rather unhealthy. Nonsense has been spouted. Policy has been under-discussed. Sir Ed Davey has felt obliged to court attention by…

It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather

The right of everyone to have a say on development is at the heart of modern urban planning. But as homes become ever more expensive, questions are being asked about whether it is OK to oppose housing developments in cities. Battlelines are being drawn between so-called NIMBYs – people who…

Editorial: In a volatile and cynical age, the availability of peaceful regime change by the ballot box cannot be taken for granted