Doubts about democracy?

On 5th July the people of Greece voted against proposals for covering the country’s €330 billion debt,  in the hope of getting better terms. Their leaders said that the vote was democratic, so other countries must respect it, but people in countries that  were expected to provide more money had not been given a chance to vote.   A few weeks earlier, at Britain’s election in May 2015, 1.4 million…