A dishonest doctor gets struck off the medical register. The banker who steals from his clients goes to jail. A deceitful military officer gets cashiered. Why should politicians not expect to play by the same rules?
Democracy
From lies, incompetence, porn, and golfing bravo in the US – to dull and boring, with a side of rude and shouty in the UK
The normalisation of racism and dog-whistles will only get worse if the press continues to treat Farage as an entertaining figure representing the ‘real views’ of the British people – it must stop, writes Byline Times’ Editor
During his Labour leadership election, Starmer hinted at backing proportional representation. But he now appears to support continuing with Westminster's First Past The Post voting system
A recently unearthed booklet on The 1900 Club sheds some light on the history of the organisation and its ties to the Conservative Party
Tbilisi Pride says that it is in the 'ultimate battle for our lives... and if we lose, we will have to go into exile'
Matt Gallagher examines elections staffs' repeated warnings of electoral 'delivery failure'
Human rights group Liberty says there is a "huge risk" of large numbers of voters being denied their democratic rights
Nigel Farage echoes Trump supporters’ conspiracy theories about electoral fraud in 2020 and makes unevidenced claims of corruption in the UK postal voting system