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Election preview: Jamaica

Jamaica's government appears to be well placed for re-election, but voters may be annoyed at being called to the polls early.

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Charles Richardson North America (ex-US), Uncategorized 1 Comment 3 September 2020

Upheaval in Montenegro

The opposition appears to have won a one-seat majority in Montengro, potentially ending the 30-year rule of its autocratic leader.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Uncategorized 6 Comments 1 September 20201 September 2020

Moral equivalence, convention edition

Obscuring the difference between violent protests and mainstream centre-left politics is a dangerous game, even when it's done in the service of liberal goals.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Media, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 31 August 202014 April 2026

Election preview: Montenegro

Montenegro's leader, in power for an extraordinary thirty years, faces a serious electoral test on Sunday.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe 1 Comment 28 August 2020

From the archives: reforming question time

Question time in parliament is badly in need of reform, and has been for a long time. Here's an inside view of how it looked 25 years ago.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Political issues 4 Comments 27 August 2020

Asymmetrical stacking

There are many similarities between the branch stacking scandals in the Liberal and Labor parties, but there's also an important difference that it's worth keeping sight of.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters 10 Comments 25 August 202029 April 2026

Third party flops in the Territory

Another Covid-influenced election produces a good result for the incumbents: the Northern Territory's Labor government is returned, and the new Territory Alliance performs poorly.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 3 Comments 24 August 202024 August 2020

Another Kremlin critic goes down

Eighty years after the murder of Leon Trotsky, another opponent of the Kremlin is struck down. If it's a coincidence, it's a striking one.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Europe, Political issues 5 Comments 21 August 202021 August 2020

Cartooning for a cause

Controversy this week about a cartoon exploiting racist and sexist themes, but it's important not to lose sight of the politics.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Media, Political issues, United States 13 Comments 20 August 202026 January 2022

August election roundup

An occasional feature: today, electoral news from Trinidad & Tobago, Belgium, Ivory Coast and New Zealand

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Europe, North America (ex-US), Oceania, Party matters 2 Comments 18 August 2020

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