Same-sex marriage wins a breakthrough vote in France, but David Cameron is having trouble with his party over the same change in Britain.
Category: Party matters
Lib Dems get their revenge on electoral reform
Britain's Liberal Democrats succeed last night in frustrating a Conservative move for electoral reform – as a measure of revenge for last year's defeat over the House of Lords, but also due to their own self-interest.
Cliffhanger election boosts Germany’s liberals
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats went down to defeat in a cliffhanger state election in Germany yesterday. But it's not all bad news for them, since a liberal revival is a good omen for their national prospects.
Fiscal cliff: a Civil War postscript
One more thing to say about America's fiscal cliff, and it's on the regional breakdown of the vote to approve the legislation in the House of Representatives yesterday morning (Australian time). I can't claim originality for the idea – John Judis posted about it at the New Republic. But it was sufficiently interesting for me … Continue reading Fiscal cliff: a Civil War postscript
The World is Not Enough 