Political distrust has often "been the first step in a sequence of autocratisation, resulting in the breakdown of democracy itself" the report notes.
Democracy
The significant gains made by the right across Europe in recent years haven't appeared out of the blue, writes Simon Speakman Cordall
The European Court of Human Rights is there to safeguard us against our own worst impulses – calls to leave its jurisdiction are deeply troubling, writes Alexandra Hall Hall
Something even worse than government run by politicians is government run by politics, writes AC Grayling
In Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, the ethos of public service is being replaced by self-service
The claim that the PM's failure to declare his wife’s investment in a childcare company subsidised by his Government was ‘inadvertent’ is open to question
Gambling companies received 31,500% more in fines than in the same period a decade ago, Byline Times' analysis reveals
The elections watchdog has said the fake newspapers from local Conservative parties appear to be within the rules
The proposals set out by Labour MP Chris Bryant to clean-up Parliament should be adopted by his party's leader for its next manifesto, writes Peter Oborne
Former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall, who now lives in the US, explores which country has been on the bigger self-destruct mission