Ochlocracy or “mob rule” is something we associate with the Gordon Riots or Salem Witch Trials – not life in the UK in 2024. The mere notion of the Prime Minister having to tell the police ...

I see it as the rule of the mob – mobocracy, or ochlocracy. And it often gives way to kakistocracies – or rules by the worst elements of society. The mobs ride on instinct and raw passion to ...

George Square’s statuary stands as a prophylactic measure against mob-rule (called, in Greek, ochlocracy) – as all statuary does, if it is done properly. This is why the statue is the most ...

This, he says has led to the rise of "ochlocracy" where governance is influenced by mob rule and street threats, rather than by democratic principles and institutions. The lack of political ...

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Wednesday wrote a letter to CM Eknath Shinde in connection with the encroachment at ...

Unfortunately, democracy has not yet become the quintessence of the political elite and often slips into ochlocracy. This is a degenerate form of democracy that appears in times of crisis, when the ...

If we don’t like our politicians, for whatever reason, we each have a vote. We do not live in an ochlocracy — yet — but it would seem we are getting closer. Re: “Discourse from MPs makes ...