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Dutch Coalition Talks Collapse The Dutch party New Social Contract has ended coalition talks with far-right PVV. This is a major blow to the PVV's efforts to form a majority government. The NSC has stated they will continue negotiating the prospects of supporting a PVV-led government, however, would
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With President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump set for a 2024 rematch we've looked at polls, past presidential election results from 1980 and onwards alongside other elections such as governor, senate and house elections to see if the results might be any different. Both candidates are
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Stormont Deal After nearly 2 years of the Northern Irish devolved government being inactive, the DUP has decided to restore the government. This is due to a Westminister government pledge of a new post-Brexit trade deal. The past situation was seen as unacceptable by the Unionist forces of Northern Ireland
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One year ago Europe was seeing inflation rates starting to decrease, an energy crisis slowing down and the economy beginning to progress across the board. In such circumstances, many would assume the non-establishment parties might begin to suffer. However, with Europe seemingly moving from one crisis to the next; seeing
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Ron DeSantis Drops Out of the GOP Primary Florida governor Ron DeSantis once seen as the main contender to challenge former president Trump for the Republican presidential nomination has dropped out of the race. Due to the abysmal polling in recent months alongside weak Iowa caucus results. Furthermore, early states
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The first Republican primary has been concluded, ushering in a stark reality for those seeking to challenge Donald J. Trump. Mr Trump emerged victorious in the Iowa caucus, achieving the largest victory margin in GOP history. Winning the most votes in 98 out of Iowa's 99 counties, he
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Taiwanese Presidential Election The results are in and Lai Ching-te, the Democratic Progressive's Party (DPP) nominee for the presidency, has been elected the next president of Taiwan by a 7% margin. The DPP has held the presidency since 2016 when Tsai Ing-wen won over half the votes. Mr
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Saturday saw Taiwan's presidential election with 3 main contenders Lai Ching-te of the center-left DPP, Hou Yu-ih of the center-right Kuomintang (the nationalists during the Chinese revolution), and Ko Wen-je of the newly formed (2019) center-left TPP. Lai Ching-te ended up winning by a reasonable margin. His party,
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Chris Christie Drops Out Chris Christie has dropped out of the GOP presidential primary just days ahead of the Iowa caucus, presumingly doing so due to bad polling and hoping to consolidate votes around an anti-Trump candidate. According to a recent study most of Mr Christie's support would
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In Barack Obama’s early career as Senator for the State of Illinois, before any presidential bid, he released the book The Audacity of Hope. The book presents Mr Obama’s vision for the United States, his thoughts on the American dream, his personal hopes and aspirations for his country,
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Upcoming Taiwanese Presidential Election Tsai Ing-wen has been the president of Taiwan since 2016 and has had a majority of the electorate in her camp every election. However, she is not seeking re-election, her party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has made Lai Ching-te their new leader. The Kuomintang (KMT)
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With the 2024 presidential election closing in alongside Mr Biden and Mr Trump solidifying their primary bases, seeing no real opposition in the polls, it is worth considering the outcome of an election between the president and former president. Current polling suggests Mr Trump is ahead of Joe Biden, however,