Irish Examiner view: Democracy is not perfect — but we must speak up for it

The number of established democracies under threat has never been so high

A supporter of Donald Trump carries a Confederate battle flag on the second floor of the US Capitol near the entrance to the Senate after breaching security defenses, in Washington last January. Picture: Reuters

“No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried.”

That reflection, by Winston Churchill on November 11, 1947, is as relevant today as it was in the aftermath of the Second World War.