Plenty of graffiti in Pompeii and it still took another 400 years for the Roman Empire to fall. I suppose this reactionary silliness shows us that - to paraphrase Clemenceau- you have gone from enfan… (View Post)

Plenty of PR systems do not use lists, so it is quite possible to elect independents. It is also possible, under STV, to distinguish between, say, Jacob Rees Mogg and Ken Clarke while still maintaini… (View Post)

Dom Joly seems to be making a quiet comeback. Loved his recent "Conspiracy Tourist" book... The chapter on Finland made me laugh out loud. (View Post)

He was a great Guillam in "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and his distinctive voice was used in many of Le Carre´s works on audio. (View Post)

The Tories insist that local councils must fulfil several onerous statutory duties they and then offer a block grant that not only allows for no discretion, but is insufficient to fulfill even the st… (View Post)