Thursday, December 12, 2019

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 12, 2019



Martin Kettle, The Guardian: If the exit poll is right, this election will transform British politics

For the last four UK general elections, bar 2015, the 10pm exit poll on election day has been almost exactly correct, even if sometimes the predictions have been a shock to many experts. So the likelihood is that the pollsters have got it right again in 2019. But whereas in 2017 their correct prediction of a hung parliament guaranteed a embattled legislature, the 2019 prediction may even transform British politics.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 12, 2019

How to Watch UK Election Night Like a Pro -- Eleni Courea, Politico EU

Exit polls: How accurate are they? -- BBC

UK exit poll analysis: What a big win for Boris Johnson would mean -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner

Election results 2019: Exit poll could signal historic change ahead -- Laura Kuenssberg, BBC

What Boris Johnson's Britain will look like: What to expect now that the PM has won a mandate for Tory manifesto promising Brexit by January 31, a five-year tax freeze and points-based immigration system -- James Tapsfield and Tim Stickings, Daily Mail

What if North Korea Launches a Satellite? -- Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest

Factchecking Aung San Suu Kyi's claims over genocide allegations -- Michael Safi, The Guardian

What a tougher EU means for Asia -- David Hutt, Asia Times

Anti-French sentiment on the rise in West Africa as security situation deteriorates -- Ineke Mules, DW

The Changing State of Israel's Peace Plans -- Glen Segell, National Interest

Will Protests Beat Back Macron's Reform Plans? -- Judah Grunstein, World Politics Review

There’s no miracle solution to Ukraine conflict -- MK Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

Why are there so few prisoners in the Netherlands? -- Senay Boztas, The Guardian

Poland and Hungary Are Right to Fear EU's Green Deal -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Scheer is out. What happens next will change Canada forever -- Scott Gilmore, Macleans

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