The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as ...

Twenty per cent or more of people aged 18-44 told a recent survey that “a strong leader who doesn’t have to bother with elections” would be better in Britain than democracy.

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...

These are, indeed, worth our attention – but so are longer-running developments that threaten the health of our representative democracy. I want to lay them out in one place, so that the most ...

Do ordinary citizens still have a voice in Washington and in their state capitals? Despite the cynicism of these times, my answer is, yes, we do … But we have to exercise it. I don’t ...