It is political inequality that represents British democracy’s real crisis

People in Britain today feel both powerless and isolated when it comes to political decision making in Westminster – none more so that Britain’s white working class population who feel less confident in their ability to influence the political process than others. But these are concerns shared by a broad cross-section of society. Low levels of political trust in the political elite, lower voter turnout rates and the rise of Ukip are mere symptoms of this wider dilemma, say Alex Glennie and Glenn Gottfried.