They don't even need to shrink to a rump in terms of seats (esp. given the difficulties posed by FPTP), they just have to sit back and let the Refuk side of the partnership make the running in terms … (View Post)

I lived in Bethnal Green until 2020-ish, and using the central line to get to work made life an utter misery. At one point, fifteen trains went past before I was able to board - taking almost 35 minu… (View Post)

FPT, on the approx 3GW floor for CCGT-sourced electricity: I believe this is largely a product of the current system for maintaining black start / outage restoration capacity. Each of the Distributio… (View Post)

A lot of the benefit had already evaporated when he announced that he would hang on in the job til January but only bother to perform "minimal duties". Most of the rest vanished when he dec… (View Post)

Yes, there are huge numbers of permanently-unfilled specialist roles in the civil service that are being advertised at half the market rate, with the work actually being done by consultants at three … (View Post)