Tories joint-second on votes. Electoral Calculus would put them fifth on seats. FPTP is such a risible mess of a voting system. (View Post)

The experience with DOGE in the US should be the death of the argument that you can fund large tax cuts with large cuts to wasteful government spending. If you want to cut large amounts of government… (View Post)

We know that people are attracted to long-odds bets, such that bookies can offer shorter odds than warranted and still attract enough bets. The lottery offers very long-odds bets. There's no oth… (View Post)

A UBI would allow you to abolish the minimum wage. That would be one of the benefits. (View Post)

If Miliband had been a better politician he would have had Labour pick up the idea and run with it. Encouraging people to go out and work with others to improve their communities is exactly the sort … (View Post)