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Category: British Isles

What Truss means

Liz Truss bows out, and the Conservative Party tries changing the rules to prevent further embarrassment. But the constitutional problem runs deep.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Party matters 14 Comments 21 October 20225 December 2022

A Thatcherite in power?

Britain gets a new prime minister today with the elevation of Liz Truss to the Conservative leadership. What does it all mean?

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Personalities 5 Comments 6 September 2022

Realignment and the Tories

Britain's Conservative Party looks like opting for a leader who, if not herself a populist, will preserve the Brexit-led populist ascendancy.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters 8 Comments 1 August 202221 October 2022

A Tory race in four

Four remaining candidates are fighting for the leadership of the British Conservative Party, representing an interesting mix of diversity and uniformity.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters 2 Comments 18 July 202219 July 2022

Johnson wraps up

As Boris Johnson comes to the end of the road, his failure is symptomatic of a larger failure of modern politics.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 5 Comments 7 July 2022

Tactical voting, here and there

Boris Johnson suffers two sweeping by-election defeats, one of them strongly influenced by tactical voting. It provides an interesting counterpoint to the discussion of tactical voting in Australia.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 27 June 2022

Back to the Johnson problem

Boris Johnson's days at the top appear to be numbered, unless he can pull a rabbit out of the hat.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters 2 Comments 9 June 2022

May electoral roundup

A monthly feature: today, updates from Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Schleswig-Holstein and South Ossetia.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Germany, Middle East, Political issues, South-East Asia 1 Comment 12 May 202231 May 2022

Britain votes locally

Elections in Britain overnight will be watched for their broader political implications, especially in Brexit-plagued Northern Ireland.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 5 Comments 6 May 20226 May 2022

Mauritius stakes a claim

Mauritius highlights its territorial dispute with the UK, and a BBC report showcases the virtues of a free press.

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Charles Richardson Africa, British Isles, Central and South Asia, Europe, Media, Political issues 1 Comment 15 February 2022

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