The clever move would be to introduce STV for local government in the first term, and kick off some slow process for looking at Westminster elections with a view to changing the national system durin… (View Post)

The Liberals and LibDems have a long track record of getting their policies enacted; indeed I recall a study of manifestos going back to the 1960s which found that more policies had eventually been i… (View Post)

We'll put you into a larger constituency and you and the people living therearound can have its five MPs all to yourselves. (View Post)

LibDems won't like the way Labour goes about things, with civil liberties and centralism likely to be the dividing lines (noting that Labour has endorsed decentralisation in opposition, but time… (View Post)

Can anyone think of a GOAT who succeeded in achieving anything much, and/or stuck around? In a sense, they're a hostage to fortune, because they're seen as semi-independent and if they get … (View Post)