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Well, that was pretty clear

Theresa May is humiliated but promises to carry on: a result both shocking and utterly predictable.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 9 Comments 16 January 201927 January 2022

Yet another Brexit D-day

The Brexit endgame is about to begin, with the British parliament set to reject the prime minister's deal tomorrow.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 4 Comments 14 January 201927 January 2022

Blame the libertarians?

Do libertarians deserve much of the blame for Trumpism? Two fine American writers disagree.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 11 January 201927 January 2022

Indexing freedom and democracy

A new edition of the Democracy Index raises questions about the relationship between political and other freedoms.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Political issues 2 Comments 10 January 201910 December 2019

No result yet in DR Congo

Counting continues in 2018's last election, with the government seeking ways to evade the expected opposition victory.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections Leave a comment 7 January 2019

Weekend New Year reading

Our three-weekly feature of reading suggestions to brighten up your weekend.

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More about 2018

For your holiday reading, a "best-of" selection from the blog's non-election stories of last year.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Political issues 3 Comments 4 January 201927 January 2022

2018 in review

Looking back on the key elections of 2018 reveals an intriguing mix, with democracy recording some notable wins as well as losses.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Australia, Central and South Asia, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, South-East Asia, United States 2 Comments 2 January 2019

Two final elections for the year

Bangladesh and DR Congo rounded out the electoral year of 2018 – two countries with major political and logistical challenges.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Central and South Asia, Elections 3 Comments 31 December 2018

Looking towards Iowa

With the midterms over, Americans are looking towards the next presidential election. Here's what we can say so far about Iowa.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 3 Comments 21 December 2018

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