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Libertarians vs conservatives – an update

Young libertarians and conservatives attend another debate, and tell us what they think. It's interesting, and disturbing.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 19 August 201628 January 2022

Thailand votes for an uncertain future

Thailand has a new constitution, but there was something less than a resounding vote of confidence in military rule.

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Charles Richardson Political issues, Referenda, South-East Asia 1 Comment 9 August 2016

Two lectures, or how libertarians lost the plot

The rise of Donald Trump shows why we can't rely on libertarians to defend liberty.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 6 Comments 8 August 201628 January 2022

Racism and the Republicans

Decisions on voting rights provide further evidence for the centrality of race to the Republican identity.

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Charles Richardson Electoral law, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 1 Comment 3 August 201628 January 2022

Race and the Republicans

The history of the last fifty years in the Republican party shows how the conservative movement sowed the seeds of its own destruction. It's not clear how it can ever be rebuilt.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 1 Comment 29 July 201628 January 2022

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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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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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 24 June 201628 January 2022

Decision-day for Britain on Europe

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

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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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