The flip side is that you get far reduced choice. There are loads of areas involved, and these get boiled down to two choices - and if both parties offer the same thing, you get no choice at all. It&… (View Post)

FPT: On the eternal legitimacy/PR/FPTP discussion - we're never going to come to an agreement because both sides are arguing from different axioms, which seem incontrovertibly true to each of th… (View Post)

Indeed. This way, the people of, say, Richmond Park could vote out Zac Goldsmith and eject him from Government altogether. Wait a second... (View Post)

My instinct (and it’s purely my instinct) is that the mortgage offer percentage will give an indicator. As the lenders fear a drop, they’re reducing their LTV (to reduce exposure, as an LTV of 85% gi… (View Post)

I think it's closer to the negative liberties/positive liberties division. Negative liberty: freedom from interference and coercion. This doesn't automatically give the individual control o… (View Post)