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The King's early departure was covered on the day itself, with his ongoing treatment given as the reason. He'd been advised not to travel at all, if I recall correctly. The PoW was there to deputise … (View Post)

Verian used a random probability sample, so their success suggests that the managed panels used by other pollsters need to be revisited. (View Post)

There's still the blast furnace at Port Talbot, which I think gets coal via the South Wales Main Line. Due to be converted to an electric arc furnace in the very near future, though, so won't be runn… (View Post)

Estonia has managed online voting well enough, but they already had an electronic voting setup (voting machines in polling booths), and have a nationwide PKI that works with their smart ID cards. Abo… (View Post)

This was the biggest error of the Attlee govt, imho - they chose to provide public services through publicly-owned national corporations modelled on the BBC, rather than going with scaled-up municipa… (View Post)