Caroline Slocock – director of think tank Civil Exchange – explores how politicians' respect for our democratic institutions has shifted since she was the first female private secretary at No. 10 under Margaret Thatcher
Democracy
Too many voters are insufficiently informed and reflective to vote other than tribally or self-interestedly in exploitable ways due to failings in how we conceive of 'education', writes AC Grayling
What do you do to get a seat in the Lords?
Miko Peled on how long-running racial tensions, social divisions and the systemic oppression of Palestanians have all culminated in the current crisis in Israel.
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Why was the governing party so shy in Uxbridge?
“The Labour Party has made it clear: First Past the Post is flawed and deeply damaging to our democracy,” one campaigner said.
A big problem facing UK politics is that both main political parties see the status quo as in their narrow self-interest, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
The Democratic Unionist Party had an outsized voice in Westminster during Britain's Brexit negotiations.
Labour's Deputy Leader made a welcome pledge to end the 'good chaps' approach to Government, which allowed sleaze and corruption to persist under the Conservatives.
Governments are run by political parties and for political interests – but they shouldn't be, argues philosopher AC Grayling