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It did not take long for the new Australian Labor government to flex its muscle
foolishly in response to the large crossbench of independents and small party members
of Parliament. Despite promising a new age of transparency and accountability after ...
The only shock about the UK Home Secretary’s decision regarding Julian Assange
was that it did not come sooner. In April, Chief Magistrate Senior District Judge
Paul Goldspring expressed the view that he was “duty-bound” to send the case ...
Momentum is everything in politics, but it is very fragile. There are times when
unexpected actions can produce big shifts and changes in the political landscape.
In 2017, for example, the Labour Party appeared headed for another hefty defeat in ...
The US Supreme Court Chief Justice was furious. For the first time in history, the
raw judicial process of one of the most powerful, and opaque arms of government,
had been exposed via media – at least in preliminary form. It resembled, in no ...