morgan s crime, war against moral depravity. it just needs something to attach itself to, but it is truly at its essence, about a post-democracy america, in which the people who are afraid of losing power, do not have to lose it. matthew, i want to get your response on that. what do you think of that assessment by charles? and the general picture going into the midterms? well, i think charles is right. i think that the republican party, as a whole, and maybe not every single one, because there is a few outliers that are unicorns, have decided that if they can t get their way in democracy gets in their way, throw democracy out. i think that s pretty clear. and the attachment they have had to certain people, including donald trump, wants to practice a form of autocracy. so, i think the republican party, which is a very dangerous thing, because it s one of the major legacy parties of our country, has decided that if democracy doesn t
it is true that the chinese have. ..have produced their version of democracy. but as one chinese supporter said to me on one occasion, said to the house of commons foreign affairs select committee, it s not that the chinese, he said, are against democracy. we just like to know the result in advance. and what they ve been very keen on doing is installing a system of elections, which means that you can vote for anybody that they will support. so at the moment, anybody who actually believes in democracy doesn t get a look in. the only people who ll get elected by a rather small chosen group of people are those who will do what they re told. well, let s turn to the most recent elections in december of last year. candidates had to be vetted, as you say. there was a cut in the number of directly elected representatives.
the. it is true that the chinese have. ..have produced their version of democracy. but as one chinese supporter said to me on one occasion, said to the house of commons foreign affairs select committee, it s not that the chinese, he said, are against democracy. we just like to know the result in advance. and what they ve been very keen on doing is installing a system of elections, which means that you can vote for anybody that they will support. so at the moment, anybody who actually believes in democracy doesn t get a look in. the only people who ll get elected by a rather small chosen group of people are those who will do what they re told. well, let s turn to the most recent elections in december of last year. candidates had to be vetted, as you say. there was a cut in the number of directly elected representatives. there was a boycott by many people. turnout was just 30%.
is a matter of dispute. but he s certainly always been a supporter of whatever the communist leadership says. so you take anything he says, not just with a warehouse full of salt, but with a container fleet of salt. the. it is true that the chinese have. ..have produced their version of democracy. but as one chinese supporter said to me on one occasion, said to the house of commons foreign affairs select committee, it s not that the chinese, he said, are against democracy. we just like to know the result in advance. and what they ve been very keen on doing is installing a system of elections, which means that you can vote for anybody that they will support. so at the moment, anybody who actually believes in democracy doesn t get a look in. the only people who ll get elected by a rather small chosen group of people are those who will do what they re told. well, let s turn to the most recent elections in december of last year.
a supporter of whatever the communist leadership says. so you take anything he says, notjust with a warehouse of salt, but with a container fleet of salt. the. it is true that the chinese have. ..have produced their version of democracy. but as one chinese supporter said to me on one occasion, said to the house of commons foreign affairs select committee, it s not that the chinese, he said, are against democracy. we just like to know the result in advance. and what they ve been very keen on doing is installing a system of elections which means that you can vote for anybody that they will support. so at the moment, anybody who actually believes in democracy doesn t get a look in. the only people who ll get elected by a rather small chosen group of people are those who will do what they re told. well, let s turn to the most recent elections in december of last year.