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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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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 2 June 201628 January 2022

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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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 1 June 201628 January 2022

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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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 23 May 201628 January 2022

High Court loses its patience

The High Court expends little energy in disposing of the constitutional argument against Senate voting reform.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 16 May 201628 January 2022

Election preview: Serbia

Serbia's government seeks a fresh mandate tonight and is likely to get it, but it's not clear whether that will do anything to speed up its admission to the European Union.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Political issues 2 Comments 24 April 2016

Queensland government disgraces itself

Queensland's Labor government has turned the clock back to compulsory preferential voting in the pursuit of short-term electoral advantage.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, Political issues 9 Comments 22 April 2016

Why local government isn’t local

The Baird government in New South Wales says that taking the "local" out of local government will lead to improved efficiency. Is there any reason to think that's true?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Political issues 3 Comments 6 April 201628 January 2022

Justice for genocide

Radovan Karadžić, unsurprisingly, is convicted of war crimes. Why do we bother?

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Political issues, War and peace 2 Comments 31 March 201628 January 2022

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