The House of Lords’s cosplay democracy
It is striking how many peers tried, and failed, to enter parliament by democratic means
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Starmer has not yet proved he can solve our quicksand politics
Our political system is that we make huge mistakes, and then reverse them to make mistakes in the opposite direction
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Voting isn’t democratic. We need sortition
Randomly selecting people to rule would be a hell of a lot better than holding elections
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The right doesn’t get Banksy
The artist’s latest work delighted Elon Musk by painting the judiciary as the villain.
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Can first-past-the-post survive the multi-party age?
Parties elected with a small minority of the vote will increasingly lack democratic legitimacy.
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Jonathan Sumption: “Democracy is impossible for the state to satisfy”
The former judge on the limits of politics, the Chagos Islands and Trumpism.
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The inescapable logic of pedestrianising Oxford Street
The plan has been raised more than once. This time, it might actually happen.
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People complain about first-past-the-post – but everyone knew the rules
The Liberal Democrats showed how the system should be played.
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