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Trump vs Europe

Does Donald Trump want to destroy Europe in order to save it, or does he just want to destroy it, period?

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Political issues, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 15 December 2025

Two South American results

Chile looks set for a far-right president, while Ecuador clips its president's wings in a referendum.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Latin America, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 21 November 2025

2009 all over again?

With the Liberal Party on the point of changing leaders again, some are looking back to a time when that worked, after a fashion.

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A Remembrance Day compilation

Views over the years of the 1975 constitutional crisis.

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Liberals contemplate a Hastie future

Andrew Hastie is obviously preparing the ground for a Liberal leadership challenge, with the argument that a policy shift is necessary to counter the threat from the far right. It doesn't make a lot of sense.

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Trump: two more views

Some more perspectives on what Trumpism is and where it is going.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 8 Comments 1 October 2025

South Korea balances between madmen

South Korea's new president wants good relations with all of his neighbors, but balancing their competing interests is not getting any easier.

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The abyss stares into the Liberal Party

The Liberal Party's downward spiral continues, as does the failure of its more sensible members to face up to the magnitude of their task.

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France’s unending crisis

France has another new prime minister after left and far right again combined to unseat François Bayrou.

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Liberals trapped in Trump’s embrace

Siding with Donald Trump didn't do the Liberal Party any good at this year's election and it's not helping it now.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 6 Comments 15 August 2025

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