Democracy

Infringements on the right to protest have been 'emboldened' by successive governments, report argues

The Democracy Minister said scrapping the system, introduced by Boris Johnson's Government is "not on the table"

If Europeans come from Venus, Peter Jukes observes, it’s only because they are aware (unlike Elon Musk) of the bleak devastation of Mars

Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why his ‘alternative realities’ don’t stack up against real-world complexities

Keir Starmer's Government looks set to close loopholes that would allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll UK political parties

Some parliamentary seats have as many as 30,000 voting-age residents who are unable to vote

Britain will never truly change for the better as long as Britain's deeply unfair voting system remains in place, argues Neal Lawson

The spread of war in Europe is now a greater possibility than it has been since the height of the Cold War, writes AC Grayling

The media has been full of incredibly dubious claims that young people want to be ruled by a dictatorship. The reality is very different, argues Natasha Devon

If enough people are talking with each other about why the rule of law, strong democratic values and human rights are worth defending, the demagogues will fail