The implications of the Lesotho snap general election are hard to exaggerate. They are the clearest example of the need for the regional body SADC to act to fix the political impasse.
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News about the struggle for better democracy in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is an electoral democracy where elections must be held at least every five years and where the Prime minister and cabinet must have support of the elected Parliament. The nation's relationship with the European Union will continue to factor into its political makeup for the foreseeable future. Also check out our section on World Democracy and our Europe articles.
Zimbabwe’s Diaspora in the UK Seek Right to Vote
Zimbabwean demonstrators gathered at Piccaduilly Gardens in Manchester in the UK
American Greatness Through a British Eye
American Democracy is much more engaging to the electorate; elections for both houses of Congress and a sort of election for the President. Representatives campaign so much more aggressively than their British counterparts.
2017 UK General Election: For the Good of the People?
Is focusing your campaign on the premise that your vote will make Theresa May more powerful as a politician democratic? It all has a whiff of authoritarianism about it if you ask me.
Foreign Election Interference Fears Gains Traction in Europe
Fears have been voiced in several European countries that elections could be marred by manipulation
UK Democracy Goes Into Overdrive
The choices available to the electorate are clear. The mainstream parties have polar opposite approaches and policies to what they feel is best for the country. Conflict politics is certainly alive and well.
US Political Parties, The Thinnest Thing in America?
Republican or Democrat? Done. That’s what is on offer in American elections, the self-proclaimed nation of ultimate democracy and a beacon of glory for all aspiring democracies.
New Concerns About Hacking at Brexit Voter Registration Site
Foreign hackers may have targeted the British government’s voter registration site before Brexit
Article 50 Initiation: Beacon For Democracy or Britain’s Biggest Con?
The final process of the Article 50 journey is the subsequent deal that is negotiated and if a proper and suitable democratic mandate is not given, then frankly, the British people have been conned.
Two Needed Changes to Democracy in the US and the UK
The UK is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Only two of those countries, England and Wales, voted to leave the EU. Ergo the UK did not vote to leave the EU.