It’s a myth that politics mostly comes down to individual hyperleaders—who always turn out to have feet of clay. Good teams can be stronger and more anti-fragile. Take the Czech Pirates. Their new leader Zdeněk Hřib has taken the reins, changing the party and growing fast in

Narrow Red Bloc win in Norway, but populist-right Progress Party more than double their support:

Populist right Chega in Portugal surging. Anti-system and anti-incumbent sentiment is on fire.

If Keir Starmer did not know about the incriminating Epstein emails when he gave full backing to Peter Mandelson in the House of Commons, two simple questions follow: 1: Who in 10 Downing Street knew about those emails but kept them from the Prime Minister? And, 2: What will

John McTernan Today’s FT analysis by John McTernan on Mandelson’s Epstein downfall is forensic. A dispassionate and devastating political obituary for his disgraced former brother-in-arms: — “Colourful characters interest us precisely because they have had colourful lives. In a phrase used of

Michal Sirový 🇨🇿 It will go higher. 🏴‍☠️ ⬆️ 📈 If undecided and younger voters swing further behind Pirati, their growth could continue. Pirati could overtake SPD. The communists and MOTO could still fall below threshold. Big swings can happen during the hot phase. Campaigns matter. And in the