Jonathan Sumption: This is how democracy could end

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Lord Jonathan Sumption to discuss the dangers to democracy. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/the-d... Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Former senior judge of the UK Supreme Court Lord Jonathan Sumption delivers a stark warning: democracy in the West is under grave threat. In this powerful interview, Sumption sits down with Freddie Sayers to explain how populism, cultural disintegration, and a growing expectation gap are combining to push liberal democracies toward authoritarianism. What are the critical characteristics of a totalitarian state? Have we passed the point of no return? Or is there anything we can do to slow democracy’s decay? Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter:   / unherd   Facebook:   / unherd   Instagram:   / unherd   TikTok:   / unherdtv   #UnHerd #JonathanSumption #Democracy

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