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How Does the British Monarchy Survive?

Britain’s parliamentary democracy still transcends its monarchy.

Reason · May 5, 2023

Derry firm ensures smooth running of English elections

Modern Democracy was founded in 2014 and is the market leader in digital transformation at the polling station

Birmingham Post · May 5, 2023

Mali sets date for delayed vote, saying it's true to its word on democracy

Mali's military government on Friday set a new date for a delayed constitutional referendum meant to pave the way for presidential elections next year.

Reuters · May 5, 2023

‘Dark day for British democracy’ as local election voters with no ID turned away

It is now compulsory to show photo identification when voting

Evening Standard · May 4, 2023

Local elections marked ‘dark day for British democracy’ as some people unable to vote

It has been compulsory to show photo identification when voting.

The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

Greek supreme court upholds ban on far-right party ‘to protect democracy’

Extremist Hellenes party dubbed successor of now defunct Golden Dawn, whose neo-Nazi leaders are serving jail terms

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2023

God save the people - from a monarchy that stops us from having true democracy

Britain doesn't need kings and queens, we should go the whole hog and elect our head of state, says Paul Routledge

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2023

OPINION - Met Police: tolerance for Coronation disruption will be low

The right to protest lies at the heart of British democracy... I think. It is set out in Magna Carta, or the European Convention of Human Rights, or the Hunan Rights Act – one of those places, I’m sure. To be honest, I only thought about it after a somewhat…

Evening Standard · May 4, 2023

Transactional thinking can only take humanity so far. It’s time to revive the ‘covenantal capitalism’ that gave us modern democracy

The principles of a covenant make democracy less vulnerable to possessive individualism and democratic despotism.

Fortune · May 4, 2023

Montana House Rep. Zooey Zephyr's censure shows that American standards of political decorum are failing

A Montana District Court judge has rejected Democratic state Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s attempt to return to the House floor following Republican lawmakers’ moves that blocked her from entering or speaking in the House chamber at the end of April 2023.

The Conversation · May 4, 2023