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Election preview: Finland

Sunday's Finnish election looks like producing an outcome similar to the last one, which is good news for the Social Democrat prime minister.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 1 Comment 31 March 2023

Bulgaria makes five

Bulgaria just keeps on having elections without resolving anything. Number five is coming up on Sunday.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 6 Comments 30 March 202330 March 2023

Narrow winner, big loser

Labor has won the New South Wales election, but its chance of a majority in its own right seems to be slipping away.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 6 Comments 28 March 20236 April 2023

A lament for John Pesutto

Victoria's Liberal Party kneecaps its leader after he takes a stand against far-right influence in the party.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues 14 Comments 27 March 2023

Election preview: New South Wales

Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet is facing an uphill task to retain office in tomorrow's state election, but he's still in with a chance.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 1 Comment 24 March 2023

March electoral roundup

Our regular look at election news around the world. This month, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Kuwait and the Netherlands.

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Macron scrapes through

Emmanuel Macron secures approval for his pension reform plan by treating it as an issue of confidence, but the opposition comes close to stopping him.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Europe, France, Party matters, Political issues 2 Comments 21 March 2023

Twenty years on: an Iraq retrospective

A look back across twenty years of commentary on the Iraq war and its consequences.

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Scottish nationalism in trouble

With the cause of independence becalmed, the Scottish National Party is engaged in a messy leadership contest that is showcasing its internal differences.

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Betting on Trump

Donald Trump has surged back to favoritism for next year's Republican nomination. What's going on here?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 4 Comments 16 March 202316 March 2023

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