Financial Times (July 18)
“With just over two months to go until polling day, the devastating floods that swept through western Germany this week have catapulted climate change to the heart of the German election campaign.” Most parties blame global warming “for a catastrophe that has left at least 140 people dead,” but the “dramatic scenes could prove of huge benefit to the Greens, who even before this week were set to make big gains in the September poll.”
Tags: Catastrophe, Climate change, Devastating, Election, Floods, Germany, Global warming, Greens, Parties, Poll, Polling
Financial Times (May 5)
Brexit has “exposed the internal divisions within the established political parties and unearthed a diversity of views that is struggling to be contained inside two organisations. A more diverse political landscape would, arguably, be more representative of modern Britain. But making this transition will not be a quick process. Any break-up of the old political order is likely to be long, slow and painful.”
Tags: Break-up, Brexit, Diversity, Divisions, Exposed, Order, Parties, Political landscape, Slow, Struggling, Transition, UK
Reuters (February 2)
“The Iowa caucuses might have been called the Iowa carcasses. Both parties saw a race between body parts: the head versus the heart.”
The Guardian (May 7)
Everyone “had predicted a dead heat” in the UK election. “If the exit survey is right, they weren’t even close.” The conservatives now appear to be running away with the election. “It’s fair to say no one was expecting that. Not the political parties, not the punditocracy and – least of all – the pollsters.”
Tags: Conservatives, Dead heat, Election, Exit survey, Parties, Pollsters, UK