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Category: Party matters

What hath Boris wrought?

It's a deal! Well, sort of: Boris Johnson has an agreement with the Europeans, but now he has to somehow get it through parliament.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 6 Comments 18 October 201926 January 2022

Let’s talk about impeachment

The Democrats have set out on the road towards impeaching Donald Trump. There are echoes of Watergate, but the Republican Party has changed a lot in 45 years.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Party matters, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 8 October 201926 January 2022

Jacques Chirac’s greatest hits

A look through the Crikey archive at the career of former French president Jacques Chirac, who died last week.

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Charles Richardson Europe, France, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues Leave a comment 30 September 201926 January 2022

Netanyahu’s last stand

Israel's second election for the year has failed to solve the problem thrown up by the last one, but it has put Benjamin Netanyahu more on the defensive.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Middle East, Party matters, Political issues 3 Comments 23 September 2019

A Brexit election – but when?

Britain won't be going to the polls next month, but it still looks as if an election can't be long delayed.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 10 September 201926 January 2022

Italy succeeds where Spain fails

Italy gets a new government (with its old prime minister), as the centre-left links up with the populists, but Spain seems unable to pull off the same deal.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Party matters, Spain 4 Comments 9 September 201926 January 2022

Brandenburg and Saxony

Elections in two German states this weekend provide another opportunity for pundits to fret about the rise of the far right. So far, however, the centre-right is holding firm.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Germany, Party matters 3 Comments 30 August 201926 January 2022

Death of a denialist

The paradox of David Koch, who died last week, is that his political activism ended up empowering forces that were deeply hostile to his libertarian convictions.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 26 August 201926 January 2022

Centre-left comes to the party in Italy

Italy looks to be heading towards a coalition of some sort between the populists and the centre-left. Will Silvio Berlusconi join in?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Italy, Party matters 2 Comments 22 August 201926 January 2022

Brexit revisits the civil war

Like its Italian counterpart, the British parliament faces big decisions about whether to bring down a government and what to put in its place, but it does so under somewhat different constitutional rules.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 15 August 201926 January 2022

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