The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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The May council elections raise, once again, a familiar set of concerns about the quality and character of our democratic processes. How much further do levels of participation and turnout have to fall before our political systems lose, if they have not already lost, much of the legitimacy they gain from their democratic nature? What is to blame for such trends? And what might be done to reverse them? It should be with these questions, above all, that Gordon Brown concerns himself as he pr…
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