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Category: Party matters

What do the “libertarians” want?

Many people who inexplicably call themselves libertarians are opposed to the measures governments have taken to respond to the health crisis. What would they have them do instead?

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Political issues 12 Comments 18 May 202026 January 2022

Enter the Libertarian, again

Ex-Republican Justin Amash puts his hand up for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination, again raising the question of how a strong Libertarian candidate might affect the election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Personalities, United States 1 Comment 12 May 202026 January 2022

Grand coalition in Ireland

Time of crisis produces another national unity government – or at least the makings of one – this time in Ireland. Will a partnership between historic rivals reshape the party system?

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Party matters 1 Comment 23 April 202026 January 2022

What is an opposition leader?

Fascinating constitutional issues raised by a dispute over who is (or should be) opposition leader in the Northern Territory.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters 10 Comments 20 April 202026 January 2022

Results roundup (coronavirus edition)

Election results from three jurisdictions – South Korea, Wisconsin and Brisbane – show varying support for incumbents in a time of crisis.

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Charles Richardson Australia, East Asia, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, United States 3 Comments 16 April 202020 April 2020

Why Hungary matters

Hungary's slide into authoritarianism exposes divisions within the centre-right, and not just in Europe.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Party matters, Political issues 5 Comments 14 April 2020

Sanders does the right thing

Bernie Sanders bows out, doing his best to unite the party for the challenge of beating Donald Trump.

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Charles Richardson Party matters, Personalities, United States 3 Comments 9 April 202017 February 2022

Vote later or vote postal?

Wisconsin looks like going to the polls tonight despite the coronavirus. That's a bad idea, but universal postal voting isn't a good thing either.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, United States 7 Comments 7 April 2020

Starmer gets the job

Britain's Labour Party elevates its leading pro-European to the leadership, with a mandate to reconcile the irreconcilable.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 8 Comments 6 April 202026 January 2022

National unity, of a sort, in Israel

Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc, now fracturing the opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. A new government is finally on the way.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Middle East, Party matters 2 Comments 30 March 202030 March 2020

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