Have Western democracies become fatally ungovernable?

Have Western democracies become fatally ungovernable?

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to guests during a reception at 10 Downing Street in London on May 19, 2026. (AFP)

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As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer battles for political survival following a damaging set of election results earlier this month, what increasingly appears to be a rearguard action to save his premiership raises a more profound question: have the UK and other Western democracies become so fragmented that they are no longer governable?