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British democracy is under attack - we must fight to protect it

Everyone knows Boris Johnson is an amoral liar with no respect for standards. But if we don’t act now, his power grabs will be fixed in law

By Peter Geoghegan
British democracy is under attack - we must fight to protect it
Boris Johnson's government is set on a sudden assault on our democracy
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There are two ways you go bankrupt, Ernest Hemingway once wrote. “Gradually, then suddenly.” It’s the same with how our democratic rights are taken from us.

As prime minister, Boris Johnson has gradually chipped away at norms and standards. Parliament has been prorogued. Electoral laws broken. Rules trampled on.

Now his government is set on a sudden assault on our democracy.

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