A letter to the voters of the UK

By Lucette Davies

This is a letter of desperation, desperation for a better future but from a belief that a better future is possible.  Voters in May will get faced with a choice, perhaps it is not a good choice but this is what I want to say to anyone registered to vote in the UK.

British democracy and the Scottish referendum

By Lucette Davies

Scotland has voted no to independence, but was the campaign to achieve independence driven by the lack of democracy that we now have in the UK?

This post will examine other factors that have arisen in the UK that may also be the result of a lack of democracy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our democracy, let’s make it work!

By Lucette Davies

The British public have become increasingly disillusioned by politics and politicians. 

This post gives is a list of ten ways in which we can exercise our democratic rights, alongside ten reasons why we should make the effort.

These lists are far from exhaustive, but I hope that they will include enough to make people think of what else they would add to them.