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Poland and proportionality

Poland's strongman wins re-election, despite the fact that the opposition won more votes.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 7 Comments 15 October 2019

Election preview: Poland

Poland looks set for a very close election on Sunday, with its right-wing government starting as a narrow favorite.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 11 October 20192 September 2020

Brexit: the judges take a hand

Boris Johnson loses big at the supreme court. It's a radical decision, but one with a solid grounding in the peculiarities of British constitutional law.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Europe, Political issues 7 Comments 25 September 201926 January 2022

First Israel, now Spain

Spain's politicians have failed to agree on a new government, sending their country back to the polls. Benjamin Netanyahu could tell them that that's a risky strategy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Middle East, Spain 3 Comments 20 September 201926 January 2022

More Brexit election numbers

Britain's divided House of Commons is unlikely to survive much longer, but a replacement may not end up making things any clearer.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 19 September 201926 January 2022

The Senate faces its enemies, again

Plans are again afoot within the Australian government to try to cripple the democratic nature of the Senate. But there is an alternative direction that reform could take.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Ideas 2 Comments 13 September 201926 January 2022

A Brexit election – but when?

Britain won't be going to the polls next month, but it still looks as if an election can't be long delayed.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 10 September 201926 January 2022

Brandenburg and Saxony

Elections in two German states this weekend provide another opportunity for pundits to fret about the rise of the far right. So far, however, the centre-right is holding firm.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Germany, Party matters 3 Comments 30 August 201926 January 2022

Oh no, not 1975 again!

Britain could be headed for a constitutional crisis that can be likened to that of 1975 in Australia. But the differences are more revealing than the similarities.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Political issues 7 Comments 19 August 201926 January 2022

Brexit revisits the civil war

Like its Italian counterpart, the British parliament faces big decisions about whether to bring down a government and what to put in its place, but it does so under somewhat different constitutional rules.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 15 August 201926 January 2022

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