With a week to go, Boris Johnson is strongly placed to win Britain's winter election.
Category: British Isles
Tactical voting bonanza in Britain
Britain's December election is going to be a minefield of tactical voting. This is what happens when modern politics collides with a pre-modern electoral system.
Left, right and Brexit
Try yourself out on a 3-dimensional political diagnosis, and think about what this might mean for party realignment in Britain and elsewhere.
Brexit deferred again as election looms
Britain's prime minister is very close to getting the election that he wants. But why does he want it just now?
Back on the Brexit countdown
Boris Johnson is counting on Brexit fatigue to secure approval of his last-minute deal. Will it work?
What hath Boris wrought?
It's a deal! Well, sort of: Boris Johnson has an agreement with the Europeans, but now he has to somehow get it through parliament.
Brexit, always Brexit
Another week, another round of Brexit manoeuvring. Is the British government serious about a deal?
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.
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.
The bridge at Montereau
It's a day for commemoration, since this is our thousandth blog post, and a murder in central France 600 years ago should not be forgotten.
The World is Not Enough 