Comment on Britain is one of the world’s oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threat

lemonflavoured@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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