democracy Articles

If you’ve ever done the tour of the Houses of Parliament, it is impossible to come away without a strong sense of history, pomp and pageantry. You get the same feeling looking round the state rooms at Buckingham Palace, St George’s Chapel, Windsor or the Foreign and...

Can unions redress the fall in working-class turnout? Fewer people are voting today compared to just a generation ago, a disturbing trend that has appeared across all major English-speaking democracies. Union membership has witnessed a similar collapse and,...

The preamble to the Parliament Act of 1911 described it as an ‘interim measure’ until such times as the second chamber could be constituted on popular basis rather than the hereditary basis. The act’s major change to the power of the House of Lords, to a delaying,...

Despite a bounce following the loss of the last general election, Labour’s membership, like that of all the major parties, continues to be an issue of real concern. Just over one per cent of the British population are members of political parties, one of the lowest...