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Politics and Power

Do the positives of democracy outweigh the negatives?

Do the positives of democracy outweigh the negatives?

Marcus Jamnadas-Khoda Democracy dates back thousands of years. Believed to have begun in the city-state of Athens by Cleisthenes, [1] it originally comes from two Greek words: the word ‘demos’ meaning people, and the word ‘kratos’ meaning power. Therefore, democracy can be thought of as ‘power to the people’ – a

Do we still live in a time of political populism?

Do we still live in a time of political populism?

Anika Khanna What happens when people feel their voices are not being heard by the political and economic elites? The answer, it seems, is political populism. In recent years, we have seen a growing number of political movements that claim to represent the interests of regular people against the established

Is violence against politicians on the rise?

Is violence against politicians on the rise?

Ellie Regan MP Virginia Crosbie, a Welsh conservative MP, told BBC news reporters that she wears a stab proof vest when meeting constituents. After the violent murder of Crosbie’s colleague, Sir David Amess, who was stabbed multiple times in his local constituency surgery in 2021, she comments on how