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Deeming one more time

As a wildly unpredictable state election nears in Victoria, the saga of Moira Deeming and the Liberal Party appears to be entering its final phase.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters, Personalities 1 Comment 7 July 20267 July 2026

Civilisation and its enemies

A wide range of right-of-centre figures, including many Australians, meet for a gabfest in London. What do they think they're doing?

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Ten years on

In ten years after voting to leave the European Union, Britain not coincidentally has disposed of six prime ministers.

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Burnham!

Andy Burnham wins big in a by-election in the north of England, seemingly setting him up to be Britain's next prime minister.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters 1 Comment 22 June 202622 June 2026

Wrapping up Farrer

Final figures from last month's Farrer by-election show considerable resistance among Liberal voters to the party's preferencing strategy.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters Leave a comment 16 June 202616 June 2026

Not competing

Some in the Liberal Party would like to play nice with One Nation and share things amicably. That's not going to work.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters 2 Comments 12 June 202612 June 2026

Malcolm Fraser and the Teals

Some Teals make noises about constituting a new political party, calling to mind a similar project from a decade ago.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters 1 Comment 9 June 2026

The speech Angus Taylor won’t make

The Liberal Party's federal council meets at a time of crisis. In an alternative universe, this is how its leader might respond.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters 2 Comments 29 May 2026

Another election postmortem

The Democrats release a review of the 2024 presidential election, while pointedly distancing themselves from its contents and author.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 25 May 2026

Let’s make this the last Liberal Party post for a while

Australia's Liberal Party is looking for a new federal president, and appears to be settling on the worst possible candidate.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Personalities 6 Comments 14 May 2026

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