Trust in politics has hit rock bottom – we hear it on the doorstep all the time. Too many people feel unheard in decisions ...

The United Kingdom prides itself on being a champion of democracy and human rights, frequently condemning political ...

Like John Cleese towering over Ronnie Corbett in their comic portrayal of the class system, the top and bottom rungs of ...

Paradoxically, Great Britain never introduced democracy to Hong Kong; the governor was appointed by London and there were no elections. But the British did set up a highly responsive, efficient ...

That means rejecting the extremities of politics and focusing on what truly makes Britain great: democracy, the rule of law, respect, firmness, decency and opportunity. British values are mirrored ...

That has left the government adrift and the public finances at the mercy of bond vigilantes and an erratic White House. Vital ...

“If America is going to try and defend liberal democracies and you want to be defended, you’ve got to act like a liberal democracy, and Britain has strayed so far … and now they’re ...

There are moments in the life of a democracy when ambiguity becomes complicity. On Sunday, in the heart of London, such a ...

the debate over the extent to which Britain is a liberal democracy has reignited, with libertarian political commentators such as Peter Hitchens criticizing the supposedly 'authoritarian' nature ...

Universal suffrage, representative government and liberal democracy as we know them today are relatively recent developments in the grand sweep of human civilization. Britain only granted universal ...