2007-01-21 05:55:07 · 12 answers · asked by david d 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No i don't feel that and even i think that there is nothing like democracy left anywhere.
What matters is the way how the people think and in a majority everyone is thinking below their level. Even they hardly understand what their level is. They even don't care for that
2007-01-21 05:59:50 · answer #1 · answered by Vikas Gupta 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a very good question. On the negative side, the U.K is not a democracy (ie, the head of state is a Queen. The Welsh are not even represented on the Union Flag, only up to 40 years a go, Catholics in Northern Ireland, had no rights to vote or be members of parliement, decisions are made by unelected committees and there is no written constitution). On the plus side the people of the UK still have more rights than US citizens which is supposed to the Land OF the Free . it also has a reputation for fairness which is why so many many people would love to live there. Also the UK justice system has been adopted by so many countries. The UK is not perfect by any means but it beats Communism and Facistism. More countries ought to be democraces because no two democracies have ever gone to war with each other.
2007-01-21 16:00:20 · answer #2 · answered by Why When How 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly it is more of a democracy then the U. S. at least when the leader ( Blair has not been sleeping with the likes of George Bush and giving him ideas about how an Executive Branch should behave. But even so it is still possible to grill the Pm on Prime Ministers Q/A. Cant do that in the US. and Parliament can prevent the PM from sending more troops given enough votes against the motion.It would be much less easy to 2hi-Jack " the British democracy" then that of the USA.
2007-01-21 14:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by amigo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! How can a country with a two party system be a democracy. You dont even have the option of abstaining on the ballot. It is a necessary illusion that 'Britain is a democracy'. We have no power over decisions of great importance i.e Iraq, European Union, ID cards etc...
The two parties we do have are essentially the same thing so we arguably live in a state that has very possible (especially with the new legislation recently passed due to supposed terror threats) means of becoming totalitarian, although the propagandists of this country are of such genius that you wouldn't even know it. People will be singing 'give up your liberty for freedom' in the streets. George Orwell will be turning in his grave.
2007-01-21 23:17:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do.
Whether we have a Monarch or not the Queen does not actually make laws. The role she fills is exactly the same as a "President" would fill - mainly ceremonial and "Head of State". The real power lies in the hands of the MPs who are elected by the people of Britain.
Oh and I'm Welsh and not really bothered about not being represented in the Union Flag. We have our own flag. That doesn't make me feel that the UK is less of a democracy. Flags are suchlike are inconsequential when there are issues like poverty, homelessness, unemployment etc to deal with.
2007-01-23 12:57:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, well they are a Republic. They are probably the closest thing you can have to a real democracy in our world, though they have less individual freedoms than the United States. That is probably caused by being a more pure form of democracy. Winston Churchill once said " democracy is the worst form of government, besides all the others that have been tried." Well, I most certainly agree with him.
2007-01-21 14:02:54 · answer #6 · answered by asmith1022_2006 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We had no say regarding Iraq. We have no say regarding the TV license and old people had to go to prison regarding the poll tax.
If putting a X on a piece of paper every few years to elect a government that is going to largely ignore your interests is democracy,then yes this is a democracy.
A mertiocracy would be a better system, where the most intelligent and most moral (House of Intellects, House of Ethics) implemented consultative policy.
2007-01-21 14:04:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Used to be a democracy - but not since Tony Bliar and his New McLabour carpetbaggers came on the scene.
2007-01-21 15:17:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is about as far from Athenian idea of 'expressing the will of the people' as it is possible to go and still have the gall to call itself a democracy.
2007-01-21 15:32:04 · answer #9 · answered by Rob Roy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I feel the UK is really a Constitutional Monarchy.
2007-01-21 14:27:40 · answer #10 · answered by travis_a_duncan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋