Adam RaczkowskiLabour needed Reform to win its landslide majority in 2024In the run up to the 2024 UK General Election, Nigel Farage and Reform UK were crowing that the election would be a repeat of Canada’s 1993…Aug 6Aug 6
Adam RaczkowskiThe Ghost of Conservative Leadership Elections PresentLiz Truss beat Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party membership vote 57% to 43%. Therefore, she has become Leader of the Conservative Party…Sep 5, 2022Sep 5, 2022
Adam Raczkowski1789: The First Presidential ElectionAgreeing that the Articles of Confederation were incapable of solving the new nation’s problems, delegates convened in Philadelphia in 1787…Sep 4, 2022Sep 4, 2022
Adam RaczkowskiA Majority of Americans Support the use of US Troops if China Invades TaiwanSince 1974, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (known as the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations from 1922–2006) has been partnering…Aug 9, 2022Aug 9, 2022
Adam RaczkowskiThe Ghost of Conservative Leadership Elections PastWith recent polls suggesting that Rishi Sunak is running behind Liz Truss in the race to be the next Leader of the Conservative Party and…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Adam RaczkowskiWill the next British Prime Minister have political legitimacy?The results of the first ballot of the 2022 Conservative Party Leadership Contest are in. With 357 of the 358 Conservative Members of…Jul 14, 2022Jul 14, 2022
Adam RaczkowskiIs THIS the end for Boris Johnson?After he survived a vote of confidence in his leadership by a smaller than expected margin on June 6, 2022, Boris Johnson was theoretically…Jul 7, 2022Jul 7, 2022
Adam RaczkowskiThe Journey to JuneteenthOn February 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which stated that slaves still held in Confederate…Jun 19, 2022Jun 19, 2022
Adam RaczkowskiIs this the end for Boris Johnson?In the aftermath of the Sue Gray report into the series of parties held at 10 Downing Street in contravention of the COVID-19 lockdown…Jun 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022