In this week’s episode, Sam and Chern break down the results from a pair of European Presidential Elections in Romania and Poland. In Romania’s re-run of their Presidential contest, Nicusor Dan has defeated George Simion, but how did Dan beat his nationalist rival? Why was the election re-run from 2024? And how will this impact Romania’s domestic government? In Poland, PiS-backed Karol Nawrocki has won the presidency in a blow to Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform. How did Nawrocki win? And what will be the impact of both elections be on the European Union? All these questions and more answered in this week’s episode.

In this week’s special episode, Sam and Chern convene in person to dissect the UK Local Election results and the outcome of the parliamentary election in Albania. In the UK, as Reform UK made significant gains, is the UK party system changing? How do the Conservatives and Labour respond? And what were some of the significant Councils and Mayoral contests? In Albania, how did Edi Rama’s Socialists win a fourth term? What can the Opposition do next? And is the EU by 2030 objective realistic? All these questions and more answered in this week’s episode.

This week Sam and Chern review the results from Australia’s Federal Election. Anthony Albanese has led his Labor Party to a surprise landslide victory, but where was this election won? What is next for the Liberal Party as they seek a new leader? How did Independents and minor parties fare, and did they underperform relative to expectations? And how will this landslide majority govern? All these questions and more answered in this week’s episode.