William Tyler
The Crisis in Liberal Democracy
Summary
William Tyler discusses his nuanced take on the crisis occuring in liberal democracy in modern times, specifically in western democracy.
William Tyler
William Tyler has spent his entire professional life in adult education, beginning at Kingsgate College in 1969. He has lectured widely for many public bodies, including the University of Cambridge and the WEA, in addition to speaking to many clubs and societies. In 2009, William was awarded the MBE for services to adult education, and he has previously been a scholar in residence at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
Yes, there has to be a way of removing presidents and prime ministers, and there should be a limit. Now in Britain, there has been debate over how many election or how many governments a prime minister should lead. Now that’s being resolved in the states, but not in Britain. The report from Freedom House should be published in the US, it may wake some people up.
I believe Australia has it. Yes, and I would support it even if you write across your ballot paper for none of these candidates, which I have actually done not in a general election, what I’ve done in an election for police commissioners, I wrote not for any of these candidates. Why? Because it has to count. If you do that, there has to be a list of voting slips that show were filled in, but not with a cross against a candidate. And so you can get the percentage of people that didn’t want any of the candidates, and I think that’s democracy.