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Month: August 2014

Left, right and centre in central Europe

Slovenia is set to get a new centre-left coalition government, which is becoming something of the norm in central Europe. Hungary remains an outstanding exception.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 1 Comment 25 August 2014

Mr Abbott takes on the Scots

The Australian prime minister has a go at telling Scotland which way it should vote in next month's independence referendum. Scots are unlikely to be impressed.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 16 August 201428 January 2022

Coalition with a conscience?

It looks as if the Liberal Party is likely to get a conscience vote on introducing same-sex marriage in Australia. The interesting question is what it will do with it.

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And so it came to this

A hundred years ago, Europe descended into the nightmare of the First World War. Could something like it happen again?

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