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Category: Party matters

May back, but wounded

Theresa May holds on to her thankless job, leaving Britain no clearer about how to resolve the Brexit dilemma.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters 7 Comments 13 December 201827 January 2022

New twists in the Brexit tale

The Brexit drama continues, with Theresa May getting cold feet and the European Court of Justice lending the remainers a hand.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 7 Comments 11 December 201827 January 2022

France, being France

France's government faces a protest movement with legitimate grievances, but also some very disturbing features.

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Charles Richardson Europe, France, Party matters, Political issues 7 Comments 7 December 201827 January 2022

Liberal government, 150 years on

Remembering Gladstonian liberalism, and contemplating its continued relevance.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues Leave a comment 5 December 201827 January 2022

It’s 2002 all over again – or is it?

The Labor Party in Victoria has won only its second landslide in 60 years. There are interesting comparisons to be made with the first one.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 3 Comments 28 November 20188 December 2018

Another Trumpist goes down

Victoria's Labor government comfortably wins re-election, in a striking repudiation of its opposition's turn to the right.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters, Political issues 6 Comments 26 November 2018

Oh dear, it’s populism again

A new series on populism in the Guardian promises to raise some interesting questions.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Party matters 3 Comments 22 November 201827 January 2022

Brexit, or how not to do democracy

Theresa May's government is teetering, with little prospect of getting its Brexit plan through parliament. Is there a better way this could have all been handled?

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 7 Comments 16 November 201827 January 2022

Worrying about the far left, part III

Now if ever seems to be the time for a new popular front. Can liberals, social democrats and Marxists manage to work together?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Latin America, Party matters, Political issues, United States 7 Comments 25 October 201827 January 2022

Mr Mélenchon and the redshirts

Victoria's Daniel Andrews is not alone in tangling with a police investigation into the misuse of parliamentary staff.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, Europe, France, Party matters 1 Comment 24 October 201827 January 2022

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