PinnedMap MaxMapping Revachol, Part I: Starting PointsThis is something unrelated to my previous posts (there will be more Brazil at some vague point — maybe even somewhat sooner than expected…Sep 6, 2022Sep 6, 2022
Map MaxOne Too Many Republics: France 1956The victory for the Third Force in 1951 appeared to give the Fourth Republic a respite. The economy was finally starting to recover, and…Mar 6Mar 6
Map MaxOne Too Many Republics: France 1951With the Constitution approved and the 1946 legislative election returning a healthy majority for the governing three-party coalition…Feb 28Feb 28
Map MaxOne Too Many Republics: France 1945–46On the 8th of May, 1945, the Second World War’s European theatre came to a close. The guns stopped firing across Europe, and the French…Feb 21Feb 21
Map MaxFinland Votes 2024: for what, though?Last Sunday, the 11th of February, Finland held the second round of its sixth fully-direct presidential election. Previously elected…Feb 19Feb 19
Map MaxA Century (roughly) of UK General Elections: 1935With a huge majority in hand, the National Government carried on under MacDonald’s leadership for four years. However, MacDonald himself…Feb 13Feb 13
Map MaxA Century (roughly) of UK General Elections: 1931MacDonald’s second administration, like his first, was a minority, but this time Labour were at least the largest party in the House of…Feb 13Feb 13
Map MaxA Century (roughly) of UK General Elections: 1929Stanley Baldwin’s second ministry, backed as it was by over four hundred votes in the House of Commons, would last a full parliamentary…Feb 7Feb 7
Map MaxA Century (roughly) of UK General Elections: 1924The MacDonald ministry marked a turning point in British political history. For the first time, a socialist party formed the government…Jan 31Jan 31
Map MaxA Century (roughly) of UK General Elections: 1923Andrew Bonar Law, who had just ridden a backbench revolt all the way to 10 Downing Street and led his Unionist Party to an overall majority…Jan 24Jan 24