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May 20 (UPI) -- No matter where anyone looks, democracy seems to be on the run or in decline, failing to provide the governing the public wants, needs and demands.
The most prominent examples are the United Kingdom and the United states. The U.K. has had five prime ministers in a decade. The current one, Keith Starmer, is leaking oil badly after a near-record election victory in 2024 At the least, his political survival is surely in question.
Both the Conservative and Labour parties are being overtaken by Reform and the Greens. It is possible that Nigel Farage, leader of Reform, in concert with the Greens and other splinter groups, could become Britain's next and sixth prime minister.
However, as has been the case in the past -- notably in France and Italy -- multiparty parliaments find great difficulty in governing.
