Board of Deputies Vice President Amanda Bowman said: “There are alarming examples from recent history of what happens when a ‘strongman’ leader is allowed to rule without scrutiny from a parliament, whether on the far-left, or the far-right, with particular implications for Jews and other minorities.
“As history has shown, Parliamentary democracy should not be surrendered in the interests of dealing with national problems more effectively, as the results of unchecked power can be catastrophic.”
Anti-racism advocacy group Hope Not Hate told the Guardian that the suspicion of politicians, if coupled with a post-Brexit economic downturn, would be “fertile ground for a far-right populist surge”.
The survey was based on face-to-face interviews with a representative sample of more than 1,000 people.
Top Jewish judge Sir Terence Etherton has warned about the potential threat to liberal democracy in the UK in the context of the Shoah and indicated what the judiciary could do to fight back against a tyrannical government.
