Emmanuel Macron chooses a new and little-known prime minister, signaling that he intends to identify the government more closely with himself.
Category: Personalities
No more Bleeding Hearts
A libertarian blog folds, but its project is more important than ever.
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.
Sanders does the right thing
Bernie Sanders bows out, doing his best to unite the party for the challenge of beating Donald Trump.
Starmer gets the job
Britain's Labour Party elevates its leading pro-European to the leadership, with a mandate to reconcile the irreconcilable.
Super Joe!
Joe Biden wins big on Super Tuesday, raising the possibility of an early end to the Democrat race.
Death of a sultan
The death of Oman's long-ruling sultan raises questions about the viability of enlightened despotism.
Jacques Chirac’s greatest hits
A look through the Crikey archive at the career of former French president Jacques Chirac, who died last week.
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.
Remembering George Canning
As Boris Johnson prepares to take office in Britain, thoughts turn to one of his predecessors whose record is under threat.
The World is Not Enough 