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Spain, eighty years on

Spain marks another anniversary, but the lessons of the civil war have a special resonance this year for the rest of the world as well.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, Spain, War and peace 2 Comments 20 July 201628 January 2022

Disunited Kingdom, European Disunion

A look at the winners and losers from the British referendum result.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda, War and peace 7 Comments 29 June 201628 January 2022

Brexit: live reports

British referendum results as they appear.

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Decision-day for Britain on Europe

In or out? Britain decides whether or not to stick with a European future.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 24 June 201628 January 2022

Happy birthday, Miranda!

For fifty years now, police in America have had to observe procedural safeguards that protect suspects' rights, and the sky has still not fallen in. But some haven't learned the lesson.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Ideas, Political issues, United States 1 Comment 14 June 201628 January 2022

And the winner is: Tony Abbott

Despite the advent of Malcolm Turnbull, the Liberal Party's war against modernity has continued – as shown in its strange obsession with the Greens.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 14 June 201628 January 2022

A three-party America?

The Libertarian Party has hopes of becoming something like a mainstream European-style liberal party. But it needs to come to terms with the fact that plenty of liberals are happy enough as Clinton Democrats.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 7 June 201628 January 2022

Three weeks and counting

With three weeks to go until the "Brexit" referendum, the polls are pointing to a close result.

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Talking about realignment

Could the Republican Party become the party of the old-fashioned welfare state while the Democrats become the party of free enterprise?

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Flag games in America

As if it didn't have enough problems already, America's Republican Party is split over display of the rebel flag.

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