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Dr Michael Turner said there's evidence that traditional terms like 'left' and 'right' in politics have broken down. Keep Reading

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A Fijian political leader is accusing the Australian and New Zealand governments of avoiding human rights issues in the region to suit their own geopolitical interests. Keep Reading

The government is being told to urgently close a loophole in political donation rules that legal experts say make this country ripe for overseas exploitation. Keep Reading

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This is not a good sign for the Biden agenda—or the future, or democracy. Keep Reading

Boris Johnson’s resignation by itself will not pull the UK out of its political quagmire. Instead, the country needs electoral reform to keep the Tories out of power, argues Dr David Jenkins. Keep Reading

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As Africans, we should realise that it is now our turn to support the British people’s aspirations for democracy. Keep Reading

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