The week democracy died

This week Parliament passed laws on making protest ilegal, limiting Judicial Review and introducing voter ID. And now have removed the independance of the Electoral Commission.

It is one thing to say that the current Government are so shit they don't know what to do with the power they have, but they have created the environment for administrations that follow to rule without boundaries.

The party that did this was the "party of law and order", the Conservative and Union Party, but at the same time, the Labour Party failed to whip its members in the Lords, so the bills passed.

Not quite sure which party is worse.

But the fact that these bills have received almost no attention in the media, and have bassed in the Westminster bubble, is worrying for democracy, when it is the 4th Estate that should hold the Executive to account, not hide the evidence for them.

So, the local elections next week will be the last where you can just turn up and vote, your details being checked on the register. From then on you need photo ID, a passport of driving licence, nearly 3 million will be disenfranchised at a stroke.

Democracy died in plain sight.