29 May Law & Politics How democracies survive 29/05/2023 By Jonathan Meddings 0 comments To paraphrase Winston Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government — except for every other one we’ve tried. While democracy is...Continue reading
24 Apr Law & Politics Our duty to laugh in the face of tyrants 24/04/2023 By Tama Matheson 0 comments Autocracies are very serious places. They have to be. Their power is founded on an absurdity – the assertion that one person or ideolog...Continue reading
20 Jan Law & Politics The finest kind of democratic leader 07/02/2023 By Paul Monk 0 comments Word has spread. After five and a half years as Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is stepping down by 7 February. She ha...Continue reading
05 Oct Philosophy & Psychology Democracy and inequality of epistemic power 05/10/2022 By John Wright 0 comments Many hold that growing inequality is one of the most serious problems we face. But there are others who hold that it does not...Continue reading
14 Jan Law & Politics Cracks in the defence of democracy 07/09/2022 By Trevor Bell 0 comments When talking about ‘democracy’, ‘capitalism’ and ‘market economies’, many people confuse the terminology and the benefits that flow fro...Continue reading
29 Dec Law & Politics Biden’s bid to strengthen global democracy 07/09/2022 By Tom Daly 0 comments On 9-10 December, the Biden administration held its first Summit for Democracy, a novel initiative seeking to bring government, civil s...Continue reading
11 Nov Law & Politics In defence of democracy 09/09/2022 By Carrick Ryan 2 comments In 1989, as the Soviet Union crumbled, historian Francis Fukuyama now infamously proclaimed "the end of history". His reasoning was tha...Continue reading