Struggle over Melbourne City election countback
A complex legal dispute is underway about the proper manner to replace a Melbourne City Councillor, initially declared to be elected in 2016 but later to discovered to be ineligible to run. The … Continue reading
Northern Irish well-represented
The Northern Ireland Assembly, re-elected last week, is one of the most representative legislatures in the world, with over 82% of those who voted represented by their preferred political party. … Continue reading
Unionists suffer major losses in Northern Ireland
Irish unionists have suffered a near-disastrous election in Northern Ireland, losing 16 seats in the Assembly, and coming very close to conceding the post of First Minister to their main nationalist opponents, … Continue reading
Is Trump’s ‘negative mandate’ the lowest ever?
An analysis in the New York Times has given Donald Trump’s selection as US president among the lowest ‘mandates’ of popular support in US history. Times’ writers Jugal Patel and … Continue reading
Austrian presidential vote was a rejection of major party politics
Independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen’s re-win in the re-run of the ballot for President of Austria has calmed European nerves, with his final victory over the far-right Freedom Party’s … Continue reading
Americans are voting, perhaps in record numbers
Across America – and around the world – there is the clattering sound of dice rolling today. And the dice are loaded. All forecasters agree that Hillary Clinton is much more … Continue reading
Dixville Notch has spoken
Hillary Clinton seems to have picked up almost all Bernie Sanders’ supporters during the course of the election season, according to the first results from the US election. The tiny … Continue reading
Pirates Repelled in Attempt to Board World’s Oldest Parliament
The progressive, free-speech oriented Pirate Party of Iceland has failed in its goal of taking leadership of the oldest parliamentary assembly in the World, the Althing of Iceland. Founded at the … Continue reading
Herbert to take its place among historic cliffhanger results
Australia’s House of Representatives has not seen a member elected at a general election with a single-digit vote lead in nearly a century. But voters in the division of Herbert … Continue reading
Australian Government’s uneasy club of marginal House backbenchers
As if the Turnbull government’s upcoming troubles with the newly elected Australian Senate were not enough to worry about, their own House of Representatives backbench will present even more anxieties … Continue reading
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