The Liberal Democrats win a by-election in southern England, raising again the hopes of realignment that have been dashed many times before.
Category: Party matters
Saving American democracy
Initial efforts by the Biden presidency to fend off threats to democracy in the United States are not going so well. Perhaps it's time to try a new angle.
Bennett takes over
Israel finally gets a new government, and both it and the rest of the world can start to confront the legacy of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu on the ropes
After four elections, two months of negotiations and a short war, Israel finally seems on the verge of a change of government.
Tasmania wraps up
Tasmania's election result is confirmed, and the Liberal government immediately loses one of its MPs.
Liz Cheney goes down
The purging of Liz Cheney is another signal of the United States entering very dark territory. The lesson for Australia needs to be heeded.
France’s far right plays to the base
A year out from France's presidential election, Emmanuel Macron's strongest card is once again the disunity of his opponents, and especially the fact that the far right is at the head of the pack.
Death of a show pony
Andrew Peacock was a flawed Liberal leader, but it is not mere nostalgia to think that he was a great deal more admirable than most of his successors.
Mr Koch and the Russians
A dispute at a prestigious American think-tank exposes an apparent synergy in foreign policy between libertarianism and Trumpism.
Israel still undecided
Counting is still going on in the Israeli election, but it's already clear that, as expected, neither Benjamin Netanyahu's supporters nor his opponents will have a reliable majority.
The World is Not Enough 