EDITORIAL: A ‘very British coup’ spells danger
Markets will treat the pound as an emerging-market currency after Boris Johnson’s shutdown of parliament
30 August 2019 - 05:07
The term “mother of parliaments”, which was uttered in the 19th century in reference to England, has often been used to reinforce the UK’s idea of itself as a mother of democracy itself.
It’s a reputation that’s been centuries in the making and was reinforced in the last century as the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy was adopted by nations that were formerly part of the British Empire...
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