A modern democracy, right?

 The UK is the home of the modern democracy right. One of the oldest democracies in the world right? 

Well on a quick check we don't have a written constitution. Shocked... I was... 

Most countries have, at some point, had a redrawing of their boundaries, a shift in political influence or being founded or established. In the UK we have bumbled along with an ever changing list of acts of parliament. The monarchy and establishment have maintained control of our political foundation for hundreds of years. 

We may feel we are a long standing democracy but the reality is our adult population didn't fully gain the vote until after WWII. In reality we have had two generations who have been fully able to be politically active and sadly we now live in a society where apathy means only three quarters of that adult population vote. Only once since the WWII has the voter turn out exceeded 80%. 

This state of affairs has come under pressure from time to time. Revolution was in the air around the time of the French Revolution in the late 18th Century, the Tolpuddle martyrs, the Jarrow march all before WWII. Is it now time again. Can we have enough will and desire to see things change. A break up of the Union and seismic shift in Westminster is surely long overdue.