This is all very similar to FPTP Scotland. (View Post)

Or use them as a giant taser, like Homer Simpson fishing. I think there will be a disturbingly high proportion of the population who could be persuaded that would work. (View Post)

Medicine is a good analogy, because you almost always want to spend more on prevention, yet government usually does the opposite. In that case, prosecuting "gateway" crimes is better value.… (View Post)

And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Just look how good the stats are on physical violence, theft (primarily because burglaries have dropped off), and so on. If you were to take a cold look a… (View Post)

Speculation that they simply won't bother to vote this evening. This is the equivalent of councils not doing overnight counts - rubbish. (View Post)