Keir Starmer’s spokesman denies he’s behaving like a ‘dictator’ after scrapping elections

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman has denied that Sir Keir is behaving like a “dictator” by scrapping elections next ...

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England

The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be ...
Los Angeles Times

45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong get 4 to 10 years in prison

HONG KONG — Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a ...
The Hill

In this ‘year of elections,’ democracy is holding its own

During this so-called “year of elections,” during which the citizens of 64 countries have gone or will go to the polls, there has been great focus on whether once-stable democracies would hold firm ...
PBS

Authoritarianism v. Democracy: Francis Fukuyama on The Year of Elections

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Democracy has been getting a major stress test this year, with nearly half the world’s voting population heading to the polls, and many casting ...