#Parties

Ryan Akers

BandmanRyanA

Observation: Both major US political parties are going through a hostile takeover of the core of the party. By core, I don't mean the actual elected persons, but the aims,

Jennifer Gumbel

jgumbel

Part of what I studied in undergrad was comparative politics and developing democracies. And we're stuck with two parties. True multi-party systems are not winner take all. The political leader

Ben Pile

clim8resistance

Everybody seems to know that these things are true:1. The main Westminster parties are absolute shite.2. Nothing will change until they are gone.3. Few Conservatives or Labour party members seem

CNW

ConflictsW

A thread about today’s 6D National Assembly ‘elections’ in Venezuela about what’s been going on in the lead up to today. #Venezuela #6D Today’s ‘elections’ are about the National Assembly

David Sirota

davidsirota

It's odd that people anthropomorphize political parties & see them as having values and emotions. It's like saying the Coca-Cola corporation has feelings. In practice, parties are transactional machines --

Lisa McGee

LisaMMcGee

I have a genuine question for people in their 20’s a thread . So in recent years groups of younger people have started moving in around us. And they have

Ballot Box Scotland

BallotBoxScot

Every time there's a Scottish poll at the moment, there's a reason to bring out the thread on South Korea's recent elections and how gaming the system is Democratically Badhttps://twitter.com/BallotBoxScot/status/125076453215222

Mbhazima Shilowa

Enghumbhini

I am are not sure what we want. We called on the government to lift restrictions. We said they are treating us like kids as if we could not look

Sarah Creighton 🍂

Saraita101

DUP went for a hard brexit which meant a border somewhere. All, SDLP & SF went for a backstop to mitigate that. Admittedly, the consequences of a sea border weren't

Matthew Chapman

fawfulfan

Nope, this is still wrong. Democrats are not a "center-right party" by any measure.They are tied with the majority of European center-left parties on economic issues, and substantially MORE progressive

Jonathan Bernstein

jbview

This is a terrible take. Dead wood is bad, sure, but there's worse, just as replacing a do-nothing fire fighter with an arsonist would be bad. But on top of

Passar Hariky ☀️

PassarHariky

1/7 It's always the same discussion with people and their PKK or PYD critics, and they nearly all come from the same political sphere (KDP). PKK say they want democracy

John Cotter

John_Cotter

I know I have a laugh sometimes at some of the strange inhabitants of the Tory backbenches (and even some on the frontbench), and Lord knows they’re a tonic, but

Brett Meyer

BAMbrettem

How has Covid-19 affected support for populist and mainstream parties in Europe? In a new blog post, I find that the lead governing party received a short-term boost and right-wing

Joe Bradford

joebradford

The following are some notes I wrote up a few years ago when researching dispute resolution under Islamic Law.A number of these points are lost on people assuming the roles

Nabilah Islam

NabilahforGA07

I like parties because they already have infrastructure that can actually do great things with right leadership. Agreed DNC should invest in year round organizing. My take: The DNC lacks

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