That's the price of power. When you're in charge, if you get it right, all well and good. If you get it wrong, not so good. Especially not if getting it wrong incurs significant costs to li… (View Post)

Yes. But we'd expect the Government to have had better advice than the random public, and to be willing to make difficult decisions when necessary. Sometimes it is necessary to lead opinion rath… (View Post)

It's actually an indication why I have a suspicion that it's the Conservatives and the parties of the right who would best adapt to PR. The Tories first response has historically been "… (View Post)

They can elect only one alternative under FPTP. If you didn't like Boris last time, the only feasible alternative was Corbyn. That's not much of a choice. (View Post)

Agreed. Each Government is a coalition. Because each of the Big Two is a coalition. The views represented by the Big Two depend on the infighting within each of the Red and Blue coalitions - the Corb… (View Post)