But the Brexit referendum “isn’t democracy; it is Russian roulette for republics,” Rogoff wrote. “Brexiteers did not invent this game; there is ample precedent, including Scotland in 2014 ...

5 of UK's most prominent civic technology leaders- represeting DemSoc, FullFact, Change.org, mySociety and Luminate- react to latest Brexit news surrounding the defeat of Theresa May's EU ...

Some critics of Britain’s vote for Brexit argue that it proves that democracies should not rely on referenda to make important decisions. Relatively knowledgeable elected officials may be better ...

Parliament overwhelmingly rejected PM Theresa May's plan in January and sent her back to Europe to get changes, but did she get enough?

Demonstrators wave a British flag with European Union stars and European Union flags as they take part in a march calling for a People's Vote on the final Brexit deal, in central London on Oct. 20.

Democracy is meant to function through voting, ... as Prime Minister David Cameron learned in 2016 when he called for a Brexit vote. Mr. Cameron did so not because he was curious what voters ...

L ater this week the British people will vote on whether to remain a self-governing democracy or to ratify their absorption into an undemocratic European polity. It may sound extreme to state the ...

Voices Brexit has shown the crucial flaw in our democracy – there is only one way to solve it. Our parliament is made up of one chamber whose representatives are elected by a system that ensures ...

A Brexit vote is a vote to reclaim your democracy and decisions that affect your life. ... Democracy is the best way ever invented to improve the lives of the people in this great country.

The results in Britain’s referendum on its membership of the European Union are in. And what a result. Britain has voted to leave, by a margin of 52 percent in favor, or over 1.2 million votes ...

If referenda are a legitimate mechanism for making political decisions, then it is also legitimate for them to be overruled by new referenda. Those who live by the referendum sword risk dying by it.