The response from some posters to the report from Democracy Volunteers this morning is an unfortunate reminder of how widespread and normal motivated reasoning is. (View Post)

This is how all election observation is done. The evidence is the witness testimony of the observers. We trust these observers, just as we trust them in somewhere like Zimbabwe or Georgia (to the ext… (View Post)

The Guardian reports of Spencer's victory speech have her striking a very left-wing economic tone, rather than talking about cultural or foreign policy issues. "Instead of working for a nic… (View Post)

In what sense? The 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia led to a large change in Green Party policy on NATO. The party now no longer opposes NATO membership. Polanski does still advocate for leaving NA… (View Post)

The last two YouGov polls had the Greens 7pp behind Reform. Could winning the by-election be a big enough boost that an outlier might give the Greens the lead in a poll during March? (View Post)