For example, the BBC reports: "The "black hole" arises because the government says it must spend extra money to keep public services functioning. However, governments draw up their own… (View Post)

It's being presented as a shortfall for existing spending plans. That is, the Tory spending plans that existed before the election. (View Post)

Another fun fact is that from 1918, the university members were elected by Single Transferable Vote. (View Post)

Perhaps he didn't really go over to Trump. Perhaps he's still as anti-Trump as ever he was, and is conducting a sabotage by satire operation. (View Post)

I suppose it wouldn't have seemed so outlandish at that time, considering that in the UK an education to degree level did get you a second vote until 1950. (View Post)