We have lots of limits on the dictatorship of the FPTP majority - the House of Lords, the monarchy, the Supreme Court, a free press, public opinion, centuries of precedent on minority rights and demo… (View Post)

So will judges. And lawyers will of course want more levels of law, as that's how they earn more fees. So of course most legal opinion wants yet another level of appeal to further gum up our jud… (View Post)

The other thing is that houses can be built by individuals, and usually are in continental Europe, so are more likely to be high spec places people actually want to live in, rather than blocks of fla… (View Post)

Reasons why Sunak might just deny Labour an overall majority: - memories of the Truss disaster fade (likely but won't be enough by itself) - he finally adopts popular policies with traction (unl… (View Post)

Having Leicester Square looking like this probably didn't help either: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4e0915a6f893f2b20ba31c15a0e6acd2d5715c08/0_0_2002_1201/master/2002.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&a… (View Post)