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What a dreadful electoral system this is!

For those who wanted a demonstration of the faults of a non-proportional electoral system, Britain is now providing it in spades.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 6 May 201528 January 2022

British may stick with the coalition habit

Last time around, the British electorate returned a hung parliament for the first time since 1974. Next month it looks likely that they'll do it again.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Party matters Leave a comment 18 April 201528 January 2022

UKIP scores again

The UK Independence Party wins itself a second seat in the House of Commons. It's bad news for the Conservatives, and not much joy for Labour or the Lib Dems either.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Party matters, Political issues 3 Comments 22 November 201428 January 2022

Scotland almost live

Scotland votes decisively against reclaiming its independence.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 19 September 201428 January 2022

Mr Abbott takes on the Scots

The Australian prime minister has a go at telling Scotland which way it should vote in next month's independence referendum. Scots are unlikely to be impressed.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 16 August 201428 January 2022

Britain vs Europe, yet again

David Cameron is fighting against the likely nominee for the presidency of the European Commission – not just because he thinks it's the wrong choice (although he does), but because he has a different view about the process.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Political issues Leave a comment 24 June 201428 January 2022

Blair, Iraq and Afghanistan

The successful conduct of an election in Afghanistan provides an interesting counterpoint to Tony Blair's call for a new intervention in Iraq.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Central and South Asia, Elections, Middle East, War and peace 4 Comments 16 June 201428 January 2022

Liberalism, Thatcherism and coalition

Britain's history of coalition politics is a fascinating one. It also helps to understand where the Liberal Democrats are coming from.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 2 Comments 17 March 201428 January 2022

A Europhobe takes the floor

Daniel Hannan argues that Britain is the home of freedom while the EU is its enemy. Unfortunately it's not quite as simple as that.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Europe, Ideas, Political issues, Referenda 4 Comments 3 March 201421 May 2023

Telling the Scots what to do is a risky strategy

Scottish independence this year still looks like a long shot, but some of its opponents probably aren't helping their own cause.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 21 February 201428 January 2022

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