Ireland strikes a blow for freedom of speech, despite an unfortunate precedent from the European Court of Human Rights.
Author: Charles Richardson
Hessians follow the pattern
The state of Hesse in western Germany produces another very bad result for the major parties, although the state government looks to have narrowly hung on.
No surprise in Brazil
Brazil heads into dangerous waters with the election of an authoritarian president.
Election preview: Brazil runoff
Brazil chooses its new president tomorrow, with a right-wing authoritarian the unbackable favorite.
Worrying about the far left, part III
Now if ever seems to be the time for a new popular front. Can liberals, social democrats and Marxists manage to work together?
Mr Mélenchon and the redshirts
Victoria's Daniel Andrews is not alone in tangling with a police investigation into the misuse of parliamentary staff.
Theresa May and Robert Peel
Brexit uncertainty continues even as its deadlines loom closer. Can some lessons be learned from the great nineteenth century political battle over repeal of the Corn Laws?
Do the Liberals have a history?
Former minister David Kemp undertakes an ambitious history of Australian liberalism. Can it tell us something about today's Liberal Party?
Worrying about the far left, part II
If we assume that the political extremes are equally dangerous in principle, are there still good practical reasons to worry about one more than the other? I think there are.
Luxembourg update
Luxembourg's coalition government retains its majority, although the traditional centre-left and centre-right parties both do badly.
The World is Not Enough 