Democracy's left-behinds challenging the system

London

OVER the past quarter century, Western democratic capitalism has flourished, been tested and is found wanting in a hyper-connected world. Global credibility is already shredded from the Iraq invasion, the Arab Spring and numerous exported democratic blueprints that haven't worked such as in South Sudan.

But now there is rebellion in the West itself caused by faltering globalised economies, growing disparities of wealth and a political class perceived as being out of touch, privileged and ineffective.