Worrying and thorough, from @PaulAyaTaylor

The Ostbelgien Modell - bringing a permanent citizens' assembly into policy-making.

Brexit and rationality. Interesting.

Fascinating piece by @undrawbill (h/t @monicaelena)

@AnneApplebaum in depth on Poland, Hungary (and Trump) and the parallels with the Dreyfus case.

Not just Britain, but campaigners anywhere.

Fantastic story.

@CarnegieEndow: "The United States has fallen behind most established democracies with respect to women’s representation in politics."

@YoungsRichard is right.

Very insightful from the always excellent Richard Youngs.

Tom Carothers finds many clouds, but a small silver lining.

by bringing FPTP to elections that never used it.

Thomas Carothers & @YoungsRichard at @CarnegieEndow are not pessimistic.

Buying up the Far Right in Europe and the US.

@ncjcampbell on Órban's war on NGOs.

Too much family voting!

Enfranchising the military - showed me how little I know about Tunisia.

Expert diagnosis.

Worrying reading.

Calling the press to account.

Yup.

A chilling read.

"2015 was the 10th consecutive year of decline in global freedom."

@fivethirtyeight summarises @FreedomHouseDC.

Direct democracy%27s attractive flaws.