Perhaps some dodgy rounding has been applied. But, if 40% of the electorate vote early, and the overall turnout is 60%, then only 1-in-3 of registered voters who didn't vote early actually vote … (View Post)

A vote in the ballot box is worth two that haven't been cast yet. It reduces the number of people you have to chivvy to the polling booth on election day. (View Post)

The original motivation for Black History Month was precisely to teach the less well known history of black people in order to dispel the lazy stereotypes, not to create an opportunity to reinforce t… (View Post)

We know that the state pension in the UK is relatively low and they is the biggest part of the benefits bill. It's more meaningful to look at the state pension separately from long-term sickness… (View Post)

If you fund it out of general taxation it will end up being salami-sliced away to nothing. Why spend tax revenue on the BBC when you could fund nurses instead? It's the only alternative that is … (View Post)