There’s a crisis of confidence in politics, which cannot be allowed to continue. After countless scandals and inquiries, people are...
This blog was first posted on Engender As the date of the referendum draws ever nearer, and the gender gap in...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Rivonia trial, and the sentencing of Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment...
How would you like to live in a one party state? You may wonder why anyone would ask given that...
Tens of thousands of people across England are being denied a vote in next week’s local elections, owing to the...
What a dispiriting week for women. Following Maria Miller’s resignation, just three out of 22 Cabinet ministers are females –...
A BBC radio programme on postal vote fraud was aired last night, and it contained a call from a high court...
This weekend the North Korean ‘election’ took place. Of course, it wasn’t exactly democratic; it wasn’t really even an election....
Prime Minister’s Questions hit the headlines last week following a Hansard Society report that found nearly half of their respondents thought it...
The potential effects of the Lobbying Bill on democracy at the UK level have been widely discussed, and it is...
How many politicians does it take to scrutinise a government? As it turns out, you need more than there are...
In 2009, David Cameron pledged that a third of his ministers would be women. But even today, after a reshuffle which has...