Democracy is failing because its implementation has been too rigid and detached from the societies it is meant to serve, and the most valuable support for a leader under strain is another leader who has faced something similar and found a way through.

In a letter to the Guardian, Uran Ferizi criticises ‘obsession’ with demonising AlbaniansAlbanians in Britain are paying the price in schools and workplaces of being scapegoated by rightwing media and politicians, the Albanian ambassador has said.Uran Ferizi also criticised Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, for comments in parliament where she singled out Albanians when discussing problems with immigration. Continue reading...