Fresh off a massive election loss, Britain's Conservative Party needs to make some decisions about its future.
Category: Elections
Two new parliaments
The results of the French and European elections will be tested tomorrow at legislative sessions in Paris and Strasbourg.
Disproportionality part III: Comparisons
Wrapping up our statistical treatment of the British and French elections with some comparative thoughts.
Disproportionality part II: France
France votes with much the same system as Australia, and produces a similar level of distortion in its results.
Disproportionality part I: Britain
The shape of Britain's new parliament is very much dictated by the electoral system, but it does reflect the voters' intentions in a fashion.
France, live
Follow the French legislative results as they happen.
Numbers on both sides of the Channel
Britain's electoral system lives up to its low expectations. France's may do a little better.
Election preview: United Kingdom
Britain heads to the polls tonight to elect a new Labour government, possibly with a majority of historic proportions.
France on the brink
Contrary to what you might read, France's legislative election has not left the far right poised to win a majority. The republic will not fall this time, but its defences have been badly compromised.
A runoff in Iran
Iran's presidential race goes to a second round for the first time in almost twenty years.
The World is Not Enough 