Extinction Rebellion is showing Britain what real democracy could look like | George Monbiot | The Guardian

George MonbiotWed 16 Sep 2020It’s good entertainment, but that’s all it is. Seeing Boris Johnson ritually dismembered in parliament might make us feel better, but nothing changes. He still has an 80-seat majority, though less than 30% of the electorate voted for the Conservatives. We are reduced, for five long years, to spectators.Our system allows the victorious government a mandate to do what it likes between elections, without further reference to the peopAs we have seen, this can include breaking international law, suspending parliament, curtailing the judiciary, politicising the civil service, attacking the Electoral Commission and invoking royal prerogative powers to make policy without anyone’s consent. This is not democracy, but a parody of democracy