Britain’s Reform Party leader Nigel Farage poses with his poll card at a polling station.

The rules of political engagement were rewritten this week,starting with Farage

Two days before One Nation won Farrer,Farage’s Reform party triumphed in the UK.

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FILE - President Donald Trump gestures next to Britain's King Charles III before leaving Windsor Castle,Windsor,England,Sept. 18,2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci,file)

For King Charles,this could be his greatest challenge

Relations between Britain and the US have plunged to a 70-year low. A successful royal visit could change that.

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Increasingly isolated from his MAGA base,President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport on the weekend.

Trump’s war releases divisions that could tear his MAGA world apart

Establishment Republicans have always loathed Donald Trump. More significant is the fracture of his MAGA base.

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Prime Minister John Curtin on December 19,1941.

Can poetry help our politics? There was a time in Australia when it did

John Curtin and his political nemesis Robert Menzies were united by their love of poetry. In fact,many great Australian leaders were drawn to verse as a source of relaxation and inspiration.

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A Thai cargo ship struck and set ablaze by Iran on March 11 in the Strait of Hormuz

Trump’s candour exposes his foolery – and Netanyahu,like Putin,plays him for a sucker

“We were shocked,” Donald Trump said of Iran’s retaliatory strikes. If he was,his advisers weren’t – and they did warn him.

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Matt Canavan is a policy wonk,who famously prefers to spend his Canberra evenings at home reading economic reports.

The Matt Canavan I know is an intellectual with ‘raw political talent’

The new Nationals leader is a policy wonk who spends his Canberra evenings at home reading economic reports.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Canada’s PM,Mark Carney,at the Global Progress Action Summit held in London in September.

O Canada,O Albanese:This middle power roars as Australia’s exemplar

Prime Minister Mark Carney,who visits Australia this week,dares to project his nation as an important player in global politics. Australia must do the same.

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One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson

Liberals beware:Voting One Nation often leads to Labor governments

The way to deal with One Nation is not to chase it in a race to the political bottom. You’ll never out-Pauline Pauline,and it is a fool’s errand to try. And,in the process,you lose middle Australia.

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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud.

One party faces an existential threat,but it’s not the Liberals

To understand the Coalition split,it is necessary to appreciate the extent to which the National Party now feels threatened in its own backyard.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s polling numbers are poor,as are those of his Labour government.

Westminster woes deepen for UK Labour. Sussan Ley should take note

UK politics is fracturing left,right and centre with febrile speculation about an imminent challenge to the PM Keir Starmer.

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