Ramesh Thakur

6 days ago | eurasiareview.com | Ramesh Thakur

In a rare confluence, Canada, Britain, and Australia held elections within a week of one another, although in Britain’s case, these were local elections in England. Yet England’s local elections may turn out to be the most consequential of the three for centre-right politics across the Western world. Last year I noted, amidst a gathering crisis of democracy, the rise of the New Righton both sides of the North Atlantic.

6 days ago | brownstone.org | Ramesh Thakur

In a rare confluence, Canada, Britain, and Australia held elections within a week of one another, although in Britain’s case, these were local elections in England. Yet England’s local elections may turn out to be the most consequential of the three for centre-right politics across the Western world. Last year I noted, amidst a gathering crisis of democracy, the rise of the New Right on both sides of the North Atlantic.

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Ramesh Thakur

In a rare confluence, Canada, England and Australia held elections within a week of one another. England’s local elections may turn out to be the most consequential of the three for centre-right politics. Canada’s Conservatives saw a 20-point advantage in the polls slide behind the governing Liberal party on 28 April, Reform UK caused a political earthquake on 1 May and Australia’s Coalition suffered a shockingly bad defeat to hand Labor a landslide re-election on 3 May.

1 week ago | eurasiareview.com | Ramesh Thakur

Donald Trump’s entire political history is a cautionary tale against confusing elite and media fury for heartland sentiment. A certain strategic coherence and a common tactic unite Trump’s domestic and foreign policies in pursuit of the overarching goal of making America great again.

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Ramesh Thakur

Trump’s entire political history is a cautionary tale against confusing elite and media fury for heartland sentiment. A certain strategic coherence and a common tactic unite Trump’s domestic and foreign policies in pursuit of the overarching goal of making America great again.