Attempts to square the Brexit circle remain unsuccessful. But do the Tory Brexiters really care?
Options for Italy, revisited
The Italian results might look complicated, but they really boil down to just two options.
Italy’s choice
As Italian results come in, Silvio Berlusconi fades to irrelevance and the Five Star Movement faces a momentous choice.
The centre strikes back
Germany can finally get a new government after the Social Democrats vote resoundingly in favor of a coalition with the centre-right.
Election preview: Italy
The centre-left's predicament in Italy probably looks worse than it is. But in the circumstances that's not much consolation.
Election preview: Tasmania
A Liberal government with a reduced majority looks the most likely outcome from Saturday's state election.
Options for Italy
A refractory populist bloc and an octogenarian kingmaker pose big problems for forming government in Italy.
The trials of social democracy
Centre-left parties in Germany and Italy are putting their futures on the line next week. There's a thriving industry in trying to work out what's gone wrong with social democracy.
An update on Green support
It's time to have another look at what's been happening to the Green vote. Unfortunately, it depends a bit on what you're trying to measure.
A resignation in South Africa
South Africa's odd constitutional structure witnesses another change at the top.
The World is Not Enough 