Italy gets its old president back – but still no government, and the prospects for the centre-left are looking bleaker than ever.
Category: Party matters
US stalemate on gun control
President Obama's modest plan for gun control falls victim to the paradox of gradualism.
New Zealand gets ahead again
New Zealand votes for marriage equality, with a bit more partisanship than you'd guess from the media reports.
Right vs. far-right in a French by-election
The centre-right narrowly wins a French by-election from the far-right National Front, with some tricky manoeuvring by the Socialist Party.
What happened yesterday
Simon Crean's spectacular failure yesterday illustrates a common failing among modern politicians – an aversion to actual, good-faith negotiation.
Could there be a libertarian Republican?
After being cheerleaders for authoritarianism for so long, some Republicans are starting to move a little in the other direction. Kentuckian Rand Paul is their spokesman.
Western Australian election wraps up
The Western Australian election is all decided, and neither Greens nor Liberals got any benefit from the other's preferences. But they probably didn't do them any harm either.
Netanyahu gets an extension
Benjamin Netanyahu has another 14 days to try to put together a new government. For the first time, there seems a real chance that he might not succeed.
Lib Dems live to fight another day
Finally, some good news for Britain's Liberal Democrats. Not so good for the Conservatives, who are going to have to face their eurosceptic demons.
Two steps forward, one back, for same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage wins a breakthrough vote in France, but David Cameron is having trouble with his party over the same change in Britain.
