Labour's loss in last week's British election is being widely blamed on Brexit. But what exactly could it have done differently?
Category: Political issues
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.
Brexit question answered at last
Britain decides to push ahead with leaving the EU. Or at least, the electoral system decides for it.
Bougainville votes to go it alone
The referendum on independence leaves zero room for doubt about the wishes of the people of Bougainville. Papua New Guinea now has to come to the party.
Britain, one week out
With a week to go, Boris Johnson is strongly placed to win Britain's winter election.
Why are we surprised?
Neither Australia nor the US wants to admit that it is part of a global movement. But despite its love of walls, Trumpism transcends national boundaries.
A local landslide in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's democrats win a big victory in local elections.
Self-determination at last for Bougainville
Australia seems curiously unexcited about the likely emergence of a new nation on its doorstep.
Europe not getting any bigger, for now
European leaders, and Emmanuel Macron in particular, have dropped the ball when it comes to EU expansion.
Yes, it’s Spain again
Sunday's Spanish election looks unlikely to do much to resolve the mess that the country's politicians have got themselves into.