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Can British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Tory government hang onto EU membership? Or will the UKIP and its allies force the country to go it alone?

Sycophantic journos at anti-News Limited have fallen in line to praise their colleague Nick Cater’s new book to the skies. It’s a Culture clash that deserves greater scrutiny.

The British county of Kent appointed a new youth commissioner — who turns out was acting like a bit of a youth on Twitter. The scandal is a top tabloid fodder across the nation.

The US Tea Party isn’t that hard to understand — the libertarian streak is tiny and they’re an uneasy fit in the Republican Party. Chris Berg doesn’t seem to understand.

The very existence of drugs has sucked the life out of sport. The era of the glorious four-minute mile is drawing to a close — although sport will stagger on because big media needs it.

The Costa Concordia ran aground, Julia Gillard took a tumble, Whitney Houston died, Pussy Riot was jailed, Julian Assange locked himself up … but it wasn’t all bad news. Crikey’s writer-at-large on the year that was (almost).

The prospect of Hillary Clinton running for US president in 2016 is delicious to many Democrats. Which isn’t to say it’s the best idea for a post-Barack Obama era.

Barack Obama is seeking to nail down a liberal century — and a budget deal would be his downpayment on becoming a very memorable president indeed.

Republican-leaning pundits predicted the US election result more on hope more than common sense. Now there’s egg all over their faces as Democrats celebrate.

After the longest and most expensive campaign in history, Crikey’s writer-at-large returns to DC where hopes are high for a clear result — and common sense.

Election day USA is about more than who’ll be president. Our man in America previews key races in the Senate, the House of Representatives and gubernatorial elections across the nation.

Four years of campaigning end today as votes are counted in the US presidential election. Our man-at-large assesses the state of play and the possible scenarios, however fanciful …

Come election day it will be chaos in Florida, Ohio, Virginia. Hence the ground game, with Guy Rundle tagging along with Obama supporters doorknocking to convince potential voters to vote early.

Remember Cloverfield? The movie is playing out across the east coast of America today, as the so-called Frankenstorm strikes major metropolises.

Barack Obama might have raised more money, but it’s the Super PACs pushing Mitt Romney to the line harder. The final days will be a battle of TV ads.