According to some projections, around half the adult population of the world will vote in an election this year, Jamie Jenkins writes. Although still not guaranteed, this is highly likely to include the UK, with most commentators suggesting November as the frontrunner...
Voting takes place where there is a democracy, and while it's clear some democracies are more democratic than others, they share the ideal that people can have different perspectives on the same issues. The 2024 Spring Budget last week illustrated neatly how people can legitimately hold different views on the same facts. Even the articulation of where we are now as a nation - not where we aspire to be - is up for debate. The government can legitimately talk about inflation lowering, interest rates having peaked, unemployment reducing and the Office for Budget Responsibility's forec...
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