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26Apr/23

The deregistration of the Patriotic Front (PF) would be a serious blow to democracy in Zambia.

April 26, 2023PoliticsIn Zimbabwe, Liberal International, Patriotic Front, Political organizations, Political parties, United Party for National Development, Zambiaadmin

April 26, 2023 /Politics/ – The Patriotic Front (PF) is a political party in Zambia that was founded in 2001. The party has been in power since 2011, but lost the 2021 general election to the United Party for National Development (UPND).

In February 2023, the Registrar of Societies issued a formal warning to the PF for failing to update its office bearers’ credentials. The Registrar gave the PF a deadline of 14 days to comply with the law, or face deregistration. Continue reading →

01Nov/22

70 years of data suggest the Conservatives will suffer a big defeat at the next election – here’s how I worked it out

November 1, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, Creative Commons, Elections, FiveThirtyEight, Harold Macmillan, Jeremy Hunt, Liberal Democrats, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Pack, Opinion polling for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, Paul Whiteley, Political ideologies, Political organizations, Political parties, Psephology, Rishi Sunak, Scottish Labour Party, Stuart, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

With the UK’s new prime minister in office, it looks like the political turmoil of the last few months is likely to ease, at least for the time being. Rishi Sunak and his fellow MPs must put their political differences aside to focus on stabilising the economy and calming financial markets. But Sunak will of course have one eye on the next election, which he must call before January 2025.

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