Boris Johnson is best known for his history of lying, racism, and downright buffoonery, leading many to wonder whether Britain's next prime minister has more in common with Donald Trump than a shockingly blonde mop.
The success of the European Greens would seem to be the measure of a deeper process underway — one the Australian Greens should grab onto with both hands.
Now our own federal election is done and dusted, let's look at how the outcomes of other elections around the world could affect Australia's interests.
The UK Brexit Party sees a somewhat ironic spectacular success, while the Greens' rise shows that the shifting nature of class is producing a real shift in politics for the first time in decades.
A burning building is a chance for rebirth. A West entirely blind to its own insoluble faith is a chance only for death.
The immolation of Notre Dame de Paris rips at the threads that link us to our ancestors and to our descendants, regardless of whether we're religious or not.
Our correspondent-at-large reports on the simmering tensions in Paris amid the yellow vest movement.
The new pin-up boy for a hard Brexit, Mark Francois, sounds no-nonsense. He sounds like he knows what he’s doing. He sounds like Thatcher.
Even ardent Leavers can't quite put their finger on what a successful Brexit would mean for their day-to-day lives. It seems Brexit is a liberation without content, a liberation that consists entirely of feeling liberated.
Despite eight votes on Brexit options (and a pledge from Theresa May to resign), nobody won in the House of Commons today.
