[ad_1] To their credit, leftist parties are in a better position today. The Labour Party in Britain has just won by a landslide, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) coalition in France has a far better chance to stop the rise of the far right than the centrist forces…
[ad_1] US President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid last week in what Republicans have taken to calling a âbloodless coupâ. The development came amid mounting pressure for the octogenarian to step aside amid growing concerns about his health and mental faculties. Vice President Kamala Harris is now poised to take on Donald Trump for…
[ad_1] The US presidential race was thrown open by President Joe Bidenâs decision to step aside and endorse Vice-President Kamala Harris as the Democratic partyâs candidate against Donald Trump. This brightens the ruling partyâs odds of White House retention, but her being a womanâand âof colour” tooâmakes some folks wonder if her candidacy will do…
[ad_1] Unless US President Joe Biden lets another Democrat contest this yearâs election, Republican candidate Donald Trump seems all but sure to win the White House. Itâs not just opinion polls. Consider the contrast in optics: A visibly ageing Biden who looked stumped at a key debate versus a fist-pumping Trump who arose unshaken from…
[ad_1] How has it come to this? After victory in the cold war, the American model seemed unassailable. A generation on, Americans themselves are losing confidence in it. Feckless war-making, a financial crisis and institutional rot have let loose a ferocity in Americaâs politics that has given presidential contests seemingly existential stakes. Americans have heard…
