Column by Mahfuz Anam: ‘How Democracies Die’

Winston Churchill's comment in November, 1947 that "democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried before" remains as pertinent today as it was when he stated it in the immediate post war period. The fight against fascism in the Second World War led to a vigorous, enthused and genuine commitment to democracy that was soon to be,