Here's some ammunition for your next dinner party conversation: The possibility of a 1990's-style housing crash in Britain just became a bit more real.

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Some members of Mr Hun Sen's party clearly object to his confrontational style of leadership, although party insiders dismiss speculation that he is isolated and losing influence.

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Her critics have blamed Ms Ritchie's style of leadership and media performances for the party's poor assembly election results in May.

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Mrs Hanson's party won its seats mainly in rural parts of Queensland, where her gritty style and easy solutions appealed to farmers and townspeople suffering from drought and debt.

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Indeed, if Mr Cameron's first year at the Tory helm saw style privileged over substance, the party may now have lurched too far in the opposite direction.

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Rather than use his party's parliamentary numbers to push through reform, Mr Yudhoyono has stuck with a timid consensus style, building a bigger, weaker six-party coalition than he needs.

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But Chavez's fiery and divisive style is not assured to become a hallmark of future leaders, even if his party retains power.

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