People Power: Remaking Parliament for the Populist Age

British parliamentary democracy is in a state of advanced decay.

The symptoms are familiar: party machines with no goal beyond their own survival; donors and lobbyists whose interests trump the nation's; a disillusioned electorate; and an over-mighty executive whose patronage has become the main driving force of politics.

These rots have mixed to breed a caste of career politician more concerned with serving patrons than constituents.

We've known this for years, but what can we do about it we can do about it beyond not bothering to vote?

However, in the past decade, a new generation's digital revolution has gradually given a voice to the hitherto unheard masses.

This is the story of how the people have taken back the power.