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Brexit: the final fortnight

Britain's parliament has two weeks to approve the agreement for leaving the EU. Assuming it doesn't, then what?

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 3 Comments 27 November 201827 January 2022

Another Trumpist goes down

Victoria's Labor government comfortably wins re-election, in a striking repudiation of its opposition's turn to the right.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters, Political issues 6 Comments 26 November 2018

Brexit, or how not to do democracy

Theresa May's government is teetering, with little prospect of getting its Brexit plan through parliament. Is there a better way this could have all been handled?

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 7 Comments 16 November 201827 January 2022

“Election” preview: Fiji

Fiji goes to the polls tomorrow, still ruled by the man who uprooted its democracy 12 years ago. Australia should hang its head in shame.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Ideas, Oceania, Political issues, War and peace 6 Comments 13 November 201827 January 2022

“Non” scores a Pyrrhic victory

New Caledonia votes against independence, but the narrowness of the margin suggests that there is plenty of life left in the issue.

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Charles Richardson Electoral law, Europe, France, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 6 Comments 5 November 201827 January 2022

Referendum preview: New Caledonia

A new nation in Oceania is unlikely to emerge just yet, but Sunday's vote in New Caledonia will be an important step towards deciding the territory's future.

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Charles Richardson Europe, France, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 5 Comments 2 November 201827 January 2022

Blasphemy in Ireland and Austria

Ireland strikes a blow for freedom of speech, despite an unfortunate precedent from the European Court of Human Rights.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Ideas, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 30 October 201827 January 2022

Worrying about the far left, part III

Now if ever seems to be the time for a new popular front. Can liberals, social democrats and Marxists manage to work together?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Latin America, Party matters, Political issues, United States 7 Comments 25 October 201827 January 2022

Theresa May and Robert Peel

Brexit uncertainty continues even as its deadlines loom closer. Can some lessons be learned from the great nineteenth century political battle over repeal of the Corn Laws?

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues 1 Comment 22 October 201827 January 2022

Do the Liberals have a history?

Former minister David Kemp undertakes an ambitious history of Australian liberalism. Can it tell us something about today's Liberal Party?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 19 October 201827 January 2022

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