How Sales Flair Has Shaped Britain’s Deals with a Controversial Tech Firm
An examination of how persuasive sales narratives have influenced UK public contracts with Palantir and the implications for procurement and oversight.
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Mohamed Ziane: From System Insider to the Prisoner the Regime No Longer Wants to Hear – By Isaac Hammouch
A Man from the Heart of the Institutions Mohamed Ziane’s destiny is all the more singular because it does not resemble that of a traditional opponent who built his entire political life in opposition to the regime. Born in 1943, a lawyer, former head of the bar association, member of parliament, and political leader, Mohamed…
Elections in Morocco: Can We Finally Move Beyond the “200-Dirham Note” Democracy? By Isaac Hammouch
When Money Enters the Polling Booth, Voting Freedom Recedes Every representative democracy relies on an elementary principle: citizens must be able to freely choose the individual to whom they entrust a portion of their political sovereignty. However, as soon as a financial counterpart enters into this choice, the nature of the democratic relationship changes. The…
When Does Daylight Saving Time End in 2026? Dates, Rules and Political Context
A clear guide to when daylight saving time ends in 2026 in the United States and the European Union, with the political and legal context behind seasonal clock changes.
The Guardian view on the Conservatives under Kemi Badenoch: purging moderation is not 'common sense' | Editorial
Kemi Badenoch has been clear about the qualifying criteria for prospective Conservative MPs. They must be “serious people who understand common sense,” she has said. The situation in local government is different, as demonstrated by Mrs Badenoch’s ill-judged support for a former neo-Nazi, selected to stand as a councillor in Somerset next year. Joshua Bonehill-Paine…
Ballot paper for Clacton by-election is longest in British electoral history
Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections. The ballots are “going to be sometimes longer than the table so we’re having to do double tables and we’re going to have to sort them in batches before we can verify them or even count them.” Paul…
Sir John Curtice: The 'Burnham bounce' is real but it's not massive
Following Farage’s difficulties, Labour is also now losing fewer of its 2024 voters to Reform. But the same is true of the Conservatives, whose loss of support to Reform in the polls during this Parliament has always been much greater than that suffered by Labour. Far from suffering from a Burnham bounce, Kemi Badenoch’s party…
Isaac Hammouch: The “Lekjaa Syndrome”: How the Moroccan State Confiscates Democracy
As the 2026 Moroccan legislative elections approach, rumors of Fouzi Lekjaa being pre-designated for the premiership are swelling. Behind the meteoric rise of the head of Moroccan football, an entire system of power capture stands revealed. By imposing top-down approved technocrats, the Makhzen does not merely hold universal suffrage in contempt; it stifles the aspirations…
Isaac Hammouch-Foyer anderlechtois: a look back at a case that shook Brussels social housing
To understand the scale of this case, we have to go back several months. The Foyer anderlechtois, one of the main public service real estate companies in the Brussels-Capital Region, is responsible for managing several thousand social housing units within the territory of Anderlecht. Like all social housing companies, its mission consists of allocating these…
DRC: Félix Tshisekedi, seven years of drift — The call for a third term, symptom of a presidency in decline
Introduction: The trap of power In January 2019, Félix Tshisekedi took the oath of office on the 2006 Constitution, promising to respect it “in its letter and in its spirit.” Seven years later, the same man opens the door to a third term, conditions the 2028 elections on the security situation, and wields constitutional revision…