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Month: August 2016

Libertarians vs conservatives – an update

Young libertarians and conservatives attend another debate, and tell us what they think. It's interesting, and disturbing.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 19 August 201628 January 2022

An Australian postmortem

The Senate will again reflect the variety of Australians' political loyalties rather well. The House of Representatives, rather less so.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 11 August 2016

Thailand votes for an uncertain future

Thailand has a new constitution, but there was something less than a resounding vote of confidence in military rule.

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Two lectures, or how libertarians lost the plot

The rise of Donald Trump shows why we can't rely on libertarians to defend liberty.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 6 Comments 8 August 201628 January 2022

Racism and the Republicans

Decisions on voting rights provide further evidence for the centrality of race to the Republican identity.

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Charles Richardson Electoral law, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 1 Comment 3 August 201628 January 2022

How UKIP saved the world (sort of)

Another way of looking at the Trump-Brexit analogy.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, France, Ideas, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 1 August 201628 January 2022

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