Follow the factions. That’s the best way to understand the Conservative Party leadership race – and to pick the winner. Around a dozen candidates – representing a spectrum of Tory…
Elections
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Northern Ireland is not meant to have a unified singular political party in control of Stormont. To ensure lasting peace, the largest unionist party and the largest nationalist party must…
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Ever since Donald Trump’s Presidential run in 2016, he never truly stopped campaigning. Indeed, he filed the paperwork to seek re-election merely five hours after he was sworn into office.…
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Italy is about to have a fundamental appointment: the election of the new President of the Republic. The late January date is fast-approaching, and the situation is quite uncertain so…
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Germany’s largest conservative party has collapsed. In the last parliamentary elections, they suffered a heavy defeat by the socialists who have never done anything good for Germany. The once strong…
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Among the most pressing themes in the public debate is the acquisition of the Monte dei Paschi Di Siena bank (MPS) – by the commercial bank Unicredit, both of whom…
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The “5-Star Movement” has been a surprise throughout the last decade. It started as an anti-establishment movement led by Grillo and Casaleggio. As many representatives explained, the primary aim was…
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323 votes separated Labour’s Kim Leadbeater and her Tory challenger, Ryan Stephenson, in the Batley and Spen by-election. To use a footballing analogy, Labour managed to get over the line…
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Since the Amersham and Chesham by-election last week, we have had several interesting opinions and takes on the result – which by all accounts appears to be a resounding success…
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Any Italian reading this would have to forgive me for what I am about to say, but from this week on and until its political demise, Israel will have an…