AugustusCarp2

By whom? The Press, the public, academia, industry etc etc etc are all convinced of the virtues of PR. The right wing press would back it because of the ReformUK policy on the matter, and it would be… (View Post)

In which case, Matt, I bow to your superior judgement and knowledge of the issue - I knew that it was done on the hoof, quickly, and for blatantly partisan reasons, but I hadn't realised that legisla… (View Post)

Hmmmm..... I'm not so sure. Note that Boris Johnson unilaterally changed the electoral system for Mayors by a simple Order in Council - not even a Parliamentary debate. I hope all the PR merchants wi… (View Post)

I played the same game with ninteenth century US novels - Uncle Tom's Cabin, Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Little Women..... I can tell you more about them than I can about a similar number of nintee… (View Post)

DEFECTIONS As some of you may know, I write an occasional piece elsewhere on the state of local government defections. For the position just before the May elections, my review is here:- https://libe… (View Post)