The Defence of Democracy

A short, sharp intervention in the crucial debate about the future of democracy, which has been brought to a head by events from Brexit to the Trump phenomenon.In response to the emerging “”I’m a democrat, butâ ¦”” consensus, this book will argue for a forthright defence of democracy against its enemies and critics, old and new. As part of that argument it will aim to show that the problem has not been “”too much”” democracy, but too little – the absence of real political choices about the future that has stoked the popular mood of anti-politics.

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A short, sharp intervention in the crucial debate about the future of democracy, which has been brought to a head by events from Brexit to the Trump phenomenon.A short, sharp intervention in the crucial debate about the future of democracy, which has been brought to a head by events from Brexit to the Trump phenomenon.In response to the emerging ""I'm a democrat, butâ ¦"" consensus, this book will argue for a forthright defence of democracy against its enemies and critics, old and new. As part of that argument it will aim to show that the problem has not been ""too much"" democracy, but too little – the absence of real political choices about the future that has stoked the popular mood of anti-politics.Praise for Mick Hume:`Superbâ ¦This is a first-rate polemic and the most important political book of the year so far' Rod Liddle`This is an important book, and couldn't be more timely. It's strong-minded, unafraid, determined to knock down all the various specious arguments against free speech, unapologetic about insisting on the value of free expression, and terrifically well argued. In these weak-minded times it's good to have so uncompromising a defence' Salman Rushdie`What this book does tremendously is pull off the neat trick of summing up just what the hell is going on out there on the great frontiers of speech, offence, liberty and people shouting at each other' The TimesMick Hume is a journalist and author. He is editor-at-large of Spiked and writes regularly on free-speech issues. He had a weekly column in `The Times' for 10 years, and was described as `Britain's only libertarian Marxist newspaper columnist'. More recently his book `Trigger Warning' has defended freedom of speech, and he has defended press freedoms in `The Times', the `Sunday Times', the `Independent' and the `Sun'.