Forecasts of the death of democracy are often heard and the United
Kingdom is on the death watch list. This book challenges such a
gloomy view by carefully examining the health of the British body
politic from Tony Blair's time in Downing Street to the challenges
of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic. It finds some parts are in
good health, for example, elections are free and losers as well as
winners accept the results, unlike the United States. Other parts
show intermittent symptoms of ill health, such as Cabinet ministers
avoiding accountability. There is also a chronic problem of
managing the unity of the United Kingdom. None of the symptoms is
fatal. The book identifies effective remedies for some symptoms,
placebos that offer assurance without cure, and perennially popular
prescriptions that are politically impossible. Being a healthy
democracy does not promise effectiveness in dealing with economic
problems, but a big majority of Britons do not want to trade the
freedom that comes with democracy for the promises of undemocratic
leaders.
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