More correctly the number of seats a party wins is influenced by how the voters react to the number of candidates the party fields, and the qualities of those candidates. No other electoral system gi… (View Post)

The second-shortest serving Chancellor of 2022. I'd guess he'd be the one most people would struggle to name when asked who were the four Chancellors of 2022. (View Post)

I would only accept a payoff for accepting US sovereignty if I could take the money and emigrate immediately. No amount of money would reconcile me to living under the jurisdiction of Trump's FB… (View Post)

Generally speaking Ireland takes two days to get most of the count completed, though everyone has a pretty good idea of the overall result by the first lunchtime because the party workers observing t… (View Post)

My one stint of jury service involved repeatedly calling a telephone number to listen to a recorded message telling me I wasn't required that day and to phone back the next day - and all the sup… (View Post)