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Category: British Isles

Starmer gets the job

Britain's Labour Party elevates its leading pro-European to the leadership, with a mandate to reconcile the irreconcilable.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 8 Comments 6 April 202026 January 2022

Replacing Corbyn

Britain's Labour Party has begun the process of choosing a new leader, with the task of deciding just how far to go in disowning the legacy of Jeremy Corbyn.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 14 February 202026 January 2022

Final Irish numbers

Final results from the Irish election suggest that it will be very difficult to form a government without somehow bringing Sinn Féin within the tent.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe 2 Comments 11 February 202026 January 2022

Sinn Féin shakes up Ireland

Ireland's traditional two major parties record the worst combined vote in their history, setting up a difficult three-way tussle in the new parliament.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe 7 Comments 10 February 202026 January 2022

Election preview: Ireland

Ireland's government for the last four years has depended on a non-aggression pact with its main rival. The dynamic that produced this state of affairs looks likely to continue.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe 2 Comments 7 February 202026 January 2022

Northern Ireland gets a government again

Northern Ireland has been without a government for three years, and a lot has happened in that time. Now its parties have agreed to give things another try.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 20 January 202026 January 2022

Who lost Brexit?

Labour's loss in last week's British election is being widely blamed on Brexit. But what exactly could it have done differently?

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 5 Comments 19 December 201926 January 2022

Britain’s desperate need for electoral reform

Britain's voters are deeply divided over their country's future, but their electoral system obscures that division and creates an artificial majority.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Political issues 1 Comment 16 December 201926 January 2022

Brexit question answered at last

Britain decides to push ahead with leaving the EU. Or at least, the electoral system decides for it.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Political issues 8 Comments 13 December 201926 January 2022

Election preview: United Kingdom

Britain's winter election is finally upon us. Boris Johnson is the one to beat, but his victory is by no means assured.

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