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Osborne has proposed ending payments to families with incomes in the highest tax bracket – the opening shot in a campaign that could end up transforming the entire welfare system by reducing benefits handed to the middle and upper class.
The campaign to ban land-mines, say, relied heavily on Internet communication.
But the barriers to such measures – say, to make the tax system more progressive – are well known, especially against the backdrop of a presidential election campaign.
When Henry VIII adopted the Statute in Restraint of Appeals to Rome, with its declaration that “this realm of England is an empire” – the first clear assertion of the idea of national sovereignty – there followed a brutal campaign to stamp out the old religion.
But would such a referendum, now backed by a recently launched campaign for a “People’s Vote,” simply mark another descent into populism, instead of a genuinely democratic conclusion to the Brexit debate?
Democratic AlliancesAmerica's foreign alliances have become an issue in this year's presidential election campaign.
Don’t just change the constitution, the No campaign implores voters: change everything!
During the 2011 NATO campaign to overthrow Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, Qatar even deployed ground troops covertly inside Libya.
The current election campaign is accordingly centered on France’s fiscal position.
The Electoral College was included in America’s constitution to protect small states in a federal system, but it now means that the political campaign focuses largely on the dozen or so battleground states where public opinion is closely divided.
Some observers also complain about the divisive negative rhetoric and advertising that characterized the campaign.
For much of its early history – to say nothing of the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction – the country was as closely divided as it is today, and bitter campaign rhetoric reflected the closeness of the competition.
Kerry tried to make the war, the low rate of job creation, inadequate healthcare, and Bush’s tax cuts for upper income groups the central issues of the campaign, but some observers felt that this never added up to a clear message.
Antagonism and recklessness are his modus operandi, and inciting hatred against Muslims was a staple of his campaign.
America’s BerlusconiLONDON – For the past couple of weeks, the world has been guessing at how US President-elect Donald Trump will behave in office and what policies he will pursue, following a long campaign full of contradictory statements.
The second lesson is that Trump will probably pursue what is essentially a permanent political campaign, injecting himself directly into conversations.
Trump’s attacks on the media, often carried out via Twitter, are a precursor to this, as are his campaign vows to “open up” libel laws.
Already, Trump has made his three oldest children – who are supposed to run his business during his presidency – key players in his campaign and transition.
Or think of Trump announcing at a campaign rally last year: “The only important thing is the unification of the people – because the other people don’t mean anything.”
Fortunately, the campaign season is nearly over.
When Pim Fortuyn in Holland decided to wage a campaign against Muslim influence, he was defending sexual freedom, not traditional Christian values.
As China escalates its campaign of attrition against a resolute Japan, it increases the risk of armed conflict, whether by accident or miscalculation.
When survivors of February’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, launched a gun-control campaign, Soros was supposedly bankrolling them.
AMLO’s campaign manager has spent much time attempting to reassure investors, and markets may have already priced in whatever AMLO will do.
No one should be surprised that AMLO has made fighting corruption the centerpiece of his campaign.
A similar revolt took place in the UK’s Conservative Party, with globalization’s losers coalescing around the party’s “Leave” campaign or shifting allegiance to the populist anti-EU UK Independence Party.
Now it is simply about money – particularly campaign contributions, but also the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street, as well as the vast pro-megabank interests that pour millions of dollars into think tanks and other, more shadowy organizations.
But, on the eve of a new presidential campaign, the struggle over this important precinct of the American state remains far from over.
Still, Trump will weather the storm, unless investigators can confirm complicity between his campaign and any Russian entity known to be connected to Putin.
Imagine if this happened alongside CIA reports that Russian intelligence agencies had hacked and leaked Trump’s campaign emails to put him at a disadvantage.
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