tardigrada@beehaw.org to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agoBritain is one of the world’s oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threatwww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkBritain is one of the world’s oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threatwww.huffpost.comtardigrada@beehaw.org to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squarelemonflavoured@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months ago“Britain is one of the oldest democracies” Is it? We didn’t have full and equal universal suffrage until 1924. Even ignoring that, elections before about 1832 were barely democratic in a lot of places.
“Britain is one of the oldest democracies”
Is it?
We didn’t have full and equal universal suffrage until 1924. Even ignoring that, elections before about 1832 were barely democratic in a lot of places.