13% of the electorate is a decent chunk of people tbf. It’s probably about a quarter of the proportion who will actuall vote. Successful recall petitions are pretty rare. (View Post)

I don't know if the public will ever seriously accept prison reform, sadly. Pretty much everyone with any contact with it knows that the system doesn't work, and to even approach working it… (View Post)

Bravo. (View Post)

Wonder if Ed Balls could be persuaded to return? Or Stephen Ladyman? As an aside, it's nice to learn that the formidable Dick Pound remains active in global sport administration for the IOC. (View Post)

A lot of young gangsters are (and probably always have been) vulnerable types who have been groomed and entangled with obligations and initiations, and often don't feel (correctly, in many cases… (View Post)