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Blog highlights, week five

Another selection of fifteen past blog posts to provide interesting reading in isolation.

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Grand coalition in Ireland

Time of crisis produces another national unity government – or at least the makings of one – this time in Ireland. Will a partnership between historic rivals reshape the party system?

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Gaming the system backfires, again

Final figures from South Korea show that the opposition's attempt to subvert the new electoral system actually worked to the government's benefit.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Elections, Electoral law 3 Comments 21 April 2020

What is an opposition leader?

Fascinating constitutional issues raised by a dispute over who is (or should be) opposition leader in the Northern Territory.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters 11 Comments 20 April 202026 January 2022

Blog highlights, week four

Sharing more selected reading from the last seven and a bit years of blogging.

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Results roundup (coronavirus edition)

Election results from three jurisdictions – South Korea, Wisconsin and Brisbane – show varying support for incumbents in a time of crisis.

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Election preview: South Korea (legislative)

President Moon Jae-in's party seems well placed in South Korea's legislative election, despite attempts by the opposition to game the new electoral system.

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Why Hungary matters

Hungary's slide into authoritarianism exposes divisions within the centre-right, and not just in Europe.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 14 April 2020

Blog highlights, week three

Easter reading for those in isolation.

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Sanders does the right thing

Bernie Sanders bows out, doing his best to unite the party for the challenge of beating Donald Trump.

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