Brexit and the Trump presidency are making people ask whether the current form of democracy is the best we can do. By Joe Humphreys. As published on The Irish Times What’s happening to our democracies? Donald Trump’s presidential-election victory in the United States, after a bitter campaign characterised by deceitful and incendiary rhetoric, is not...Continue reading
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Sick of politics: Ten charts that show why Donald Trump and Brexit could happen in Australia
By Matthew Knott. Sydney Morning Herald. 20 December 2016. Australians’ satisfaction with democracy has collapsed to its lowest level since the Whitlam dismissal, according to a major study that shows the country in an increasingly dark and distrustful mood about politics and the economy. The survey, conducted by the Australian National University, portrays a...