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Election preview: Finland

Finland's government will not survive tomorrow's election in its current form, but drastic change seems unlikely.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Scandinavia 2 Comments 13 April 201926 January 2022

Realignment – or not

Peter Costello suggests that the Liberal Party should concentrate on issues that unite it. The problem is that such issues are hard to find.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 11 April 201926 January 2022

One autocrat down, another two winged

Change in the Middle East didn't finish with the Arab Spring. Algeria's president resigned this week, and his counterparts in Sudan and Turkey are under threat.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, Middle East, Political issues 4 Comments 5 April 20195 April 2019

Where to now, Brexit?

Brexit is back in the House of Commons tonight, with the possibility that the government's loss of control may become permanent.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 1 April 201926 January 2022

Election preview: Ukraine (presidency)

Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko is seeking re-election for a second term – but if the polls are right, he could lose to an actor who plays a fictional president.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 31 March 201920 April 2019

Results roundup

Election news from Thailand and three countries in eastern Europe.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, South-East Asia 4 Comments 29 March 2019

Finally, some Brexit movement

Britain's House of Commons votes to seize the initiative from the hapless Theresa May, signalling a bad setback for the hard Brexiters.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 26 March 201926 January 2022

A liberal front-runner in Slovakia

Slovakia's political strongman is facing another defeat, with his preferred presidential candidate trailing his liberal opponent in the polls.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 16 March 201916 March 2019

Two anniversaries

Czechia and Tibet: compare and contrast. Can history tell us anything about appeasement?

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Charles Richardson Australia, East Asia, Europe, Ideas, Political issues, War and peace 3 Comments 15 March 201926 January 2022

Brexit at the pointy end

With Theresa May having failed to extract anything new from negotiations with the EU, Britain could be heading towards a fresh referendum – which would mean a huge disruption to the party system.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 12 March 201926 January 2022

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