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Courts and constitutions revisited

Joe Biden launches an attempt to make reform of the Supreme Court into an election issue.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 30 July 202429 April 2026

Betting on Harris

Kamala Harris has improved the Democrats' position in the opinion polls, although the betting markets seem to be lagging behind.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 3 Comments 29 July 202429 July 2024

Harris gets her chance

Kamala Harris is given her big opportunity at a time when her country and her party are facing disaster.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 22 July 202414 April 2026

Britain’s Tories confront Faragism

Fresh off a massive election loss, Britain's Conservative Party needs to make some decisions about its future.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 18 July 202418 July 2024

Annual holiday

I'm going on holiday, but here are a few of the issues to watch for while I'm away.

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Charles Richardson Administrative, Australia, Central and South Asia, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Spain, United States 3 Comments 29 April 2024

Ukraine or Trump?

Most Republicans in Congress want to help Ukraine, but their presidential candidate doesn't. It's the sort of conflict that the American system is ill-equipped to deal with.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 1 Comment 18 April 202418 May 2024

No labels, no candidate

"No Labels" has given up its attempt to mount a presidential campaign, but conspiracist Robert Kennedy is still in the running.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 7 Comments 11 April 2024

NATO at 75

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation celebrates its 75th birthday. It's not an ideal solution to European conflict, but it's better than nothing.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Germany, Political issues, United States, War and peace 6 Comments 5 April 2024

Death of a renegade

The death of former senator Joe Lieberman draws attention to the destructive quality of his particular brand of "centrism".

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Charles Richardson Party matters, Personalities, United States, War and peace 1 Comment 2 April 2024

Does it have to be this way?

The United States is officially set for a Biden vs Trump rematch, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will happen.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 11 Comments 15 March 20246 May 2026

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