Kamala Harris and her fellow Democrats used ancient Greek rhetorical tricks to keep their audiences spellbound: The Democratic Party has had a good week. I’ll start that again – the Democratic Party has had an amazingly good week. Not so long ago, the Democrats seemed down, if not actually out. Now, they’re not merely pulling …
Liberal Democrats: why a coalition with Labour wouldn’t cause electoral annihilation like their deal with the Tories: Both Labour leader Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey deny that there is any prospect of them forming a coalition government if the next election produces a hung parliament – despite that currently looking like a …
Why a Biden-Harris reelection ticket makes sense for the Democrats in 2024: After months of speculation, the US president, Joe Biden, has confirmed his intention to seek reelection in 2024. In his video announcement, Biden promised to stand up against “MAGA extremists” and called on Americans to give him the chance to “finish the job”, …
Why Biden is the Democrats best hope of winning the 2024 election: The 2024 US presidential election race is already under way. In recent polls, President Joe Biden is the clear favourite among Democrats for the 2024 nomination. No one else comes close, with Vice-President Kamala Harris a distant second, some twenty points behind. Biden …
North Shropshire byelection: lessons from the Liberal Democrats’ upset victory: The Conservative Party’s poor performance in North Shropshire byelection was not unexpected, despite the rural seat having been a Tory stronghold for nearly 200 years. The Liberal Democrat candidate Helen Morgan overturned a massive Conservative majority of nearly 23,000 in North Shropshire to win the …
Germany election: Olaf Scholz’s social democrats come out on top but smaller parties hold the key to government: Election night in Germany proved inconclusive. There were some clear winners and losers, but not such that we can be sure of the shape of the next German government. The social democratic SPD came out on top, …
South Africa in the news: Africa: House Democrats Press Biden for TIPS Patent Waiver to Boost Covid Vaccine Production: A majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to President Biden calling for a waiver to allow other countries, many in poor regions of the world, to manufacture …: “South …
US election: what the closeness of the results mean for Democrats and Republicans: As vote counting continued in key battleground states in the US election, Joe Biden edged closer to the White House while Donald Trump launched multiple law suits. Whatever the final result, Democrats have not secured the resounding landslide against Republicans many of …
Democrats should avoid pledges to overturn the Trump revolution – there hasn’t been one: The battle to oppose Donald Trump in 2020 has begun. A large field of Democrats has embarked on the complex strategic game of choosing policies and styles as each candidate strives to win attention in a crowded field. Over all of …
In Iowa, Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Says Democrats Must Fight: In Iowa, Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Says Democrats Must Fight Michael Avenatti, the self-styled provocateur taking on the president for porn actress Stormy Daniels, told Iowa Democrats on Friday that the party needs a bare-knuckle fighter to take back the White House. Amid Heat, Twin Cities Officers …
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Trump’s leadership traits are bad news for democrats in Africa: US President-elect Donald Trump has displayed behaviour that will resonate with autocrats in Africa. William Philpott/Reuters African governments are understandably concerned about how Donald Trump’s surprise election as the 45th president of the United States might affect their interests. Thus far Trump has given no …
Liberal Democrats in Brighton – why their party conference still matters: Theen Moy, CC BY-NC-SA Party conferences are strange beasts. They can be a mix of sales conference, rally, social event, training course, decision-making forum, networking opportunity and job interview. And there will always be several “conferences” going on at once. For a charity campaigner …