Not rare, but much rarer on here than in the electorate at large. Though I suspect we are a very middle class subset of the population at large, and if you were to look at VI for middle-class voters … (View Post)

FPT: I was considering the other day that - assuming a bit of shuffling about - we now have four parties in England each of which could comfortably represent one of the sectors in the traditional two… (View Post)

Even as I was writing my earlier, lengthier post, I thought "HYUFD's going to disagree with this - he's going to say it's down to religion". I've had this argument with … (View Post)

No, I mean birth rates are declining, not population. That's the phenomenon I find most interesting. I do agree with your point that at a point in time there is a correlation between birth rate … (View Post)

I'm particularly interested in "no one has a single good explanation". That's the aspect that fascinates me. When I learned demographics in GCSE georgraphy, the explanations of ea… (View Post)