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Disunited Kingdom, European Disunion

A look at the winners and losers from the British referendum result.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda, War and peace 7 Comments 29 June 201628 January 2022

Just as we thought

Spain's election shows a shift towards the centre-right, but not enough to break the parliamentary deadlock.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Spain 2 Comments 27 June 201628 January 2022

Election preview: Spain, again

Spain tries again, with no real reason to think the result will be any different from six months ago. It will be up to the politicians to make it work this time.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Spain 1 Comment 26 June 201628 January 2022

Brexit: live reports

British referendum results as they appear.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 24 June 201628 January 2022

Decision-day for Britain on Europe

In or out? Britain decides whether or not to stick with a European future.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 24 June 201628 January 2022

Is it 1964 all over again?

Donald Trump's train wreck of a campaign raises thoughts of 1964, the last time the Democrats won a landslide.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States Leave a comment 23 June 2016

Hollande’s rocky road to re-election

French president François Hollande will have to win the vote of his own party before he can stand for re-election – and even then it will be hard work to make it to the second round.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, France, Party matters Leave a comment 22 June 201628 January 2022

Happy birthday, Miranda!

For fifty years now, police in America have had to observe procedural safeguards that protect suspects' rights, and the sky has still not fallen in. But some haven't learned the lesson.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Ideas, Political issues, United States 1 Comment 14 June 201628 January 2022

And the winner is: Tony Abbott

Despite the advent of Malcolm Turnbull, the Liberal Party's war against modernity has continued – as shown in its strange obsession with the Greens.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 14 June 201628 January 2022

Finally, a winner in Peru

And you thought Austria was close? Peru's presidential election finally produces a winner, by a tiny margin.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America, Referenda 3 Comments 10 June 2016

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