Capitol Riots: Putsch and Prejudice
'It is difficult to overstate the rage I feel against America’s right wing for allowing us to get to this point. Shame on Mitch McConnell. Shame on Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. Shame on every Republican who acquitted Trump of impeachment charges. Shame on the entire Trump family and every single one of his enablers.
A Eulogy for America’s Postal Service
"This is a public and unadulterated attempt to sway the presidential election through suppressing postal voting."
Now is a Time for Politics
The coronavirus is not only a threat to public health but to our values of democracy and civil liberty, Edward Rhys Jones argues.
Pandemic Democracy: Trump, Biden, and the politics of coronavirus
The 2020 election already had all the elements you’d expect from a blockbuster political thriller. An impossibly large star-studded cast, a twin election conspiracy...
Opinion – Is This What Democracy Looks Like?
Getting Brexit done is now the irrefutable,
irresistible, unarguable decision of the British people. These are the
triumphant words of our Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, hours...
Opinion – Hypocrisy in our Democracy: Why We Must Hold the Tories to Account
Ironically, the one thing we can all agree on is that the United Kingdom is currently divided. Deep inequalities of wealth, opportunity, and a...
The new commission is a betrayal of European democracy – but Europe’s democrats must support it
Tough compromises are required to save the dream of a strong, free, and democratic Europe.
Oxford to hold citizens’ assembly on climate change
The assembly, which will meet for the first time in September, will involve a randomly-selected representative sample of Oxford citizens. It will help consider new carbon targets and additional measures to reduce emissions.
Netanyahu’s immortal government
What Netanyahu's fifth election victory tells us about Israeli democracy
Lowering the voting age is unnecessary and wrong
Political awareness does not automatically entitle you to the vote, argues Jordan Bernstein
University democracy “hasn’t been working well”, says Louise Richardson
The vice-chancellor criticised University staff for their "self-interest" and for being uninterested in university democracy
Bernie Sanders, the hero we need but don’t deserve
The former presidential candidate is popular not because he is a populist, but because he addresses the real economic and social issues voters care about
Le Pen won’t win, but the Front National will not disappear
Le Pen has utterly reshaped the French political debate, and will undoubtedly play a central role in years to come, writes Jorge Lopez Llorente
The Rise of Evil: a user’s guide
James Lamming on the unscrupulous way to power in the 21st Century
