The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters produces a wish list for electoral change, in which politics trumps principle for good or for ill.
Category: United States
America set in its ways
Final results (more or less) from the US presidential election reveal a country deeply divided and extraordinarily stable in its allegiances.
“W” revisited
The disputed-but-not-really presidential election in the US has raised memories of its 2000 predecessor. It's important to understand that the degeneration of the Republican Party didn't begin with Donald Trump.
No joy for Trump in the courts
Attempts to overturn, or even dent, Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election continue to fail miserably.
Back to “no deal”?
In the never-ending Brexit saga, Britain and the EU are running out of time to reach a trade agreement.
A president on trial
Nicholas Sarkozy goes on trial in France, in a case that raises questions about how we treat ex-presidents and what we really think about political corruption.
OK, let’s talk about recounts
After losing a recount in Georgia and a lawsuit in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump's effort to deny his election loss is further than ever from reality.
Israel and antisemitism, again
Israel's far-right government has lost a powerful friend with the defeat of Donald Trump, and the divergence between its position and the actual interests of Jews worldwide has never been clearer.
Yes, they’re still counting
Figures are not yet final for the American presidential election, but we can already see a very distinctive lack of variability in the results.
The end of the Trump myth?
Donald Trump lost the presidency much the way he won it: as a typical Republican candidate facing a polarised electorate. But the myth of his special status dies hard.
The World is Not Enough 