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Bulgaria makes five

Bulgaria just keeps on having elections without resolving anything. Number five is coming up on Sunday.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe Leave a comment 30 March 202330 March 2023

Narrow winner, big loser

Labor has won the New South Wales election, but its chance of a majority in its own right seems to be slipping away.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 1 Comment 28 March 202329 March 2023

A lament for John Pesutto

Victoria's Liberal Party kneecaps its leader after he takes a stand against far-right influence in the party.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues 4 Comments 27 March 2023

Election preview: New South Wales

Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet is facing an uphill task to retain office in tomorrow's state election, but he's still in with a chance.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections Leave a comment 24 March 2023

March electoral roundup

Our regular look at election news around the world. This month, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Kuwait and the Netherlands.

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Macron scrapes through

Emmanuel Macron secures approval for his pension reform plan by treating it as an issue of confidence, but the opposition comes close to stopping him.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Europe, France, Party matters, Political issues Leave a comment 21 March 2023

Twenty years on: an Iraq retrospective

A look back across twenty years of commentary on the Iraq war and its consequences.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Middle East, Political issues, United States, War and peace 14 Comments 20 March 202320 March 2023

Scottish nationalism in trouble

With the cause of independence becalmed, the Scottish National Party is engaged in a messy leadership contest that is showcasing its internal differences.

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Betting on Trump

Donald Trump has surged back to favoritism for next year's Republican nomination. What's going on here?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 3 Comments 16 March 202316 March 2023

Georgia dreamin’

Georgia's government backs down on its plan to restrict "foreign agents", but it's not clear that this will end the political crisis.

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