It is surprising how much of British democracy and American democracy relies on various political actors sticking to unwritten rules or conventions.
The question is what happens if a Prime Minister or a President Trump thinks these rules do not apply to them.
Suddenly you may find that elected politicians start to openly contemplate if democracy is overrated or whether rights have gone too far and need to be trampled on.
Of course one of the big problems is us, the people. The ordinary people who display a fetishism for the strong man leader or even the Iron Lady. Happy to cede rights to essentially a bully. It is like writing a blank cheque to someone and hoping your bank account will not be cleaned out.
This episode might have looked slightly over the top back in 2006. The impetus for the story was a Republican administration in America and a Labour government in Britain, both united in the war on terror. It was a world of invading countries in the middle east, rendition and enhanced interrogation. The beginning of a slippery slope.
Harry Pearce is locked up in detention. A female human rights lawyer is hit in the face by a security official. It's something he has wanted to do for a long time.
Adam needs Ros Myers help to establish doubts with the conspirators. Suddenly a link to new Russian money is found.
Russia destabilizing a western democracy. How very prophetic.
The question is what happens if a Prime Minister or a President Trump thinks these rules do not apply to them.
Suddenly you may find that elected politicians start to openly contemplate if democracy is overrated or whether rights have gone too far and need to be trampled on.
Of course one of the big problems is us, the people. The ordinary people who display a fetishism for the strong man leader or even the Iron Lady. Happy to cede rights to essentially a bully. It is like writing a blank cheque to someone and hoping your bank account will not be cleaned out.
This episode might have looked slightly over the top back in 2006. The impetus for the story was a Republican administration in America and a Labour government in Britain, both united in the war on terror. It was a world of invading countries in the middle east, rendition and enhanced interrogation. The beginning of a slippery slope.
Harry Pearce is locked up in detention. A female human rights lawyer is hit in the face by a security official. It's something he has wanted to do for a long time.
Adam needs Ros Myers help to establish doubts with the conspirators. Suddenly a link to new Russian money is found.
Russia destabilizing a western democracy. How very prophetic.