Politics

There is a world of good policy ideas out there. Whoever wins tomorrow’s election, let’s hope they engage with it.

Because central government is so dominant, New Zealanders instinctively look at central government to deal with their local issues.

Ob Jacinda Ardern die erste Regierungschefin mit Elternzeit wird, bleibt abzuwarten. Aber im progressiven Neuseeland ist nichts unmöglich.

A reminder that political debates need to be civil and focused on the arguments is timely.

Sometimes, even a politician’s smile is more important than his or her policies. Voter bias towards more beautiful politicians has long been confirmed in surveys. Where voters are uninformed about politicians’ plans and beliefs they instinctively go by their appearance. But new research from Scandinavia reveals that good looks are quite unevenly distributed in this beauty contest.