Bulgaria heads for an early election, with its president set to transition into a party leader.
Category: Party matters
Political success, systemic failure
France's prime minister secures a deal for his continued survival. His Australian counterpart looks in much better shape, but there's an important similarity.
Japan goes early yet again
Another early election for Japan, with conservative leader Sanae Takaichi seeking her own mandate.
Antisemitism and the Trumpists
The American hard right is splitting between its pro-Israel and its antisemitic wings, although the two things have sat together fairly amicably in the past.
Updates – France & Czechia
Good news for the French government for once, and Czechia has a new prime minister.
Desperate measures for the Victorian Liberals
The Victorian Liberal Party's 16th leader is also the first woman in the job. She has taken on a big task.
2009 all over again?
With the Liberal Party on the point of changing leaders again, some are looking back to a time when that worked, after a fashion.
Two psephological notes
Antony Green has some interesting points about this year's federal election, despite his retirement.
Liberals aiming vaguely
The divisions in Australia's Liberal Party are again on display, but one side completely lacks the ruthlessness of its opponents.
How fascism works
Barnaby Joyce flirts with joining One Nation: he probably wouldn't last long, but in some ways he's a good fit.
The World is Not Enough 