The air has been thick for weeks with the sound and fury of electioneering. We have heard the sound-bites, the slogans, the cunningly-worded pledges - and most of us are little the wiser.
But elections aren’t just about policy and hot air. They are also about something more important than that. They are democracy in action.
“The Independent Voter's Handbook 2015” is a celebration of the British electoral process. Originally published in parts in “The Independent”, it is a miscellany of general election facts, figures, trivia and traditions.
Entertaining, informative, eccentric and thought-provoking, this is a must-read guide to the slowly-evolving rules and rituals of the world’s oldest parliamentary democracy. Don’t think of voting without it…
