A full house at the Edinburgh Literary Festival for the launch for my new book Democracy Kills: What’s So Good About Having the Vote.  But I was completely thrown because no-one disagreed with the argument — and this was a highly-intelligent, thoughtful, liberal audience.   A hadn’t known what to expect — but not such overwhelming support.  

At the end I put to them the question of whether — if they had only two choices of a country to live with their loved ones, their children and grand children — dictatorial Cuba or democratic Haiti — which one would it be.

Any guesses which one prevailed?

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