It was a condition freely agreed by the government of the UK when acceding to the treaties of the Union, and adhered to for decades. And QMV is more democratic than the national veto, in the sense th… (View Post)

The UK wasn't a Parliamentary democracy when it was in the EU - it had devolved some sovereignty to the EU. Perhaps you mean you'd prefer it to be a Parliamentary democracy, which is an arg… (View Post)

The other piece of the puzzle is that big cities don't tend to have Republican mayors. Where they do, as in Jacksonville, they look like other big cities. (View Post)

Covid was not easy. But fiscally, it hit people hardest who didn't pay a lot of tax, while most taxpayers were able to adjust readily to remote work, if they had to. Interest rates were also flo… (View Post)

Yes. Neither Switzerland's reliance on foreign labour and savings, nor Sweden's reliance on household borrowing and lack of financial returns to education and skills, would work in a Britis… (View Post)