“Britain is one of the oldest democracies”
Is it?
We didn’t have full and equal universal suffrage until 1924. Even ignoring that, elections before about 1832 were barely democratic in a lot of places.
Right, Britain isn’t a democracy it’s a monarchy. And it’s often been said that, no society can really afford a monarchy. So, it can also be said that all essential human rights and freedoms are always under threat, somewhere, by some group or other. All you can really do is hang onto the crumbs you have and fight for what those rights are or protest about them (or vote in a democracy). No matter how democratic the nation, essential human rights are always under the threat of extermination by some bigoted group or another.
Right, Britain isn’t a democracy it’s a monarchy.
The two are not mutually exclusive.
Well I’m not meaning to say that they are mutually exclusive I was just clarifying. I hope there is an underlying democracy throughout.
I largely agree with the article’s content and meaning, but the title is somewhat misleading imo as Britain is not a democracy.
In what way is the UK (not just Britain) not a democracy?
