Canada does have that. Every PM in Canadian history has been Liberal (left) or Conservative (right) in one iteration or another. The parties have died and evolved, but there's consistently been … (View Post)

Well generally they label themselves that by staking out their positions relative to each other and differentiating themselves from each other. Canada's Liberals are quite openly to the left of … (View Post)

Good; they should do that. Quite ridiculous that they're not states. Make the capitol territory the uninhabited land in DC spanning Pennsylvania Avenue, the Capitol building etc and not where mo… (View Post)

All cliff edges have that effect. The UC cliff edge means people work 16 hours and then claim benefits to make the rest of their wages as there's no point working full time. The 50k cliff edge s… (View Post)

Indeed, the problem is the cliff edges. Any serious reform should eliminate all cliff edges - UC, £50k and £100k. If that means putting up the 45p rate by a penny or two but then eliminating the clif… (View Post)