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Brexit, or how not to do democracy

Theresa May's government is teetering, with little prospect of getting its Brexit plan through parliament. Is there a better way this could have all been handled?

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 7 Comments 16 November 201827 January 2022

“Election” preview: Fiji

Fiji goes to the polls tomorrow, still ruled by the man who uprooted its democracy 12 years ago. Australia should hang its head in shame.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Ideas, Oceania, Political issues, War and peace 6 Comments 13 November 201827 January 2022

Status quo looking good in Victoria

Betting markets for individual seats give an interesting window into expectations for this month's Victorian state election.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 1 Comment 1 November 2018

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?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Latin America, Party matters, Political issues, United States 7 Comments 25 October 201827 January 2022

Mr Mélenchon and the redshirts

Victoria's Daniel Andrews is not alone in tangling with a police investigation into the misuse of parliamentary staff.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, Europe, France, Party matters 1 Comment 24 October 201827 January 2022

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?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 19 October 201827 January 2022

Worrying about the far left, part I

Should we be as concerned about the far left as we are about the far right? Perhaps not, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to worry about.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 11 Comments 10 October 201827 January 2022

Megalogenis and the curse of parallelism

A look at how commentators can go wrong in thinking about the Liberal Party and leadership instability.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 2 October 201827 January 2022

Can the governor-general veto legislation?

Section 58 of the Australian constitution gives the governor-general power to veto legislation. What would happen if an occasion for using that power ever arose?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Political issues 3 Comments 29 September 201827 January 2022

Does the Senate need reform?

The two presiding officers of the Australian parliament have interesting things to say about how it works. But we should be very wary of plans that cut back on democracy.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Political issues 14 Comments 3 September 201827 January 2022

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