With a First Past The Post representative allocation system and no Constitution (so, for example, the current government which got a bit over 30% of the votes cast has over 50% of MPs and thus can make or change ANY law they want in any way they want since nothing is limited by a Constitution that can only be changed with much more than a simple 50%+1 majority), a head of state who gets their position by inheriting it and an unelected second parliamentary chamber, the UK has never been a Democracy.
Oh, they harp on and on about how they’re “The oldest Democracy in the World”, which is exactly the kind of compensation you would expect when a certain quality isn’t actually true, same as when some people go around claiming they’re beautiful, charming or intelligent - if you have it you don’t need worry about convincing others that you do.
I’ve lived in a couple of countries in Europe, including over a decade in Britain, and that country is mainly bullshit (very poshly and elegantly done - just check the way the BBC uses Manufacturing Consent techniques to promote Israel or their constant spinning of news about foreign affairs into “we’re much better than them” Nationalism) and the LEAST democratic of all was Britain.
With a First Past The Post representative allocation system and no Constitution (so, for example, the current government which got a bit over 30% of the votes cast has over 50% of MPs and thus can make or change ANY law they want in any way they want since nothing is limited by a Constitution that can only be changed with much more than a simple 50%+1 majority), a head of state who gets their position by inheriting it and an unelected second parliamentary chamber, the UK has never been a Democracy.
Oh, they harp on and on about how they’re “The oldest Democracy in the World”, which is exactly the kind of compensation you would expect when a certain quality isn’t actually true, same as when some people go around claiming they’re beautiful, charming or intelligent - if you have it you don’t need worry about convincing others that you do.
I’ve lived in a couple of countries in Europe, including over a decade in Britain, and that country is mainly bullshit (very poshly and elegantly done - just check the way the BBC uses Manufacturing Consent techniques to promote Israel or their constant spinning of news about foreign affairs into “we’re much better than them” Nationalism) and the LEAST democratic of all was Britain.