Progress results from South Africa's election show the ANC losing some ground but still unchallenged for supremacy.
Author: Charles Richardson
Update on pre-polls
Australia's enthusiasm for early voting shows no sign of abating. In a roundabout way, that might be good news for the government.
Election preview: South Africa
South Africa goes to the polls to give its new president a mandate in his own right. Change may be on the way, but it comes slowly.
May and Corbyn eye off a deal
British local elections have led the major parties to talk more optimistically about a Brexit deal, but the political dynamics are still against it.
The rise and rise of pre-poll voting
Two-thirds of a million Australians have already voted, a fortnight before election day. Is that a problem, and should we maybe have a discussion about it?
North Macedonia gets a new president
Another win for the centre-left in Europe, as the Macedonian government gets a president more to its liking.
How factionalism works
Australian commentators still mostly get the Liberal Party wrong. For a start, the wet-dry division isn't a factional conflict.
Lessons from Spain
Reflections on the scope of the centre-left victory in Spain provide possible lessons for Australia's parties as well.
Democrats ponder the top six
With nine months until voting starts, the campaign for the Democrat presidential nomination is well under way – with, so far, six front-runners.
Centre-left brings home the goods in Spain
Good news at last for the European centre-left, as its vote in Spain consolidates while that of its opponents splinters.
The World is Not Enough 