Here's the real question: If there's so little difference between having an elected government in place and having the state run by civil servants instead (which is what the article means by "being without a government"), then... how democratic are our liberal democracies, anyway? Do elections really matter in the first place?
(spoiler alert: they matter a bit, but not much)
Link to Article :
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42570823
Discuss!
