The other thing to say about this - and it shouldn't really need to be said among this group of voting system nerds - is that there's no such thing as a perfect electoral system. It's … (View Post)

That's a deliberate decision to prevent the small states being overly dominated by the large ones. It's a feature of the design. Everyone knows that is part of the rules. The popular vote i… (View Post)

The government published number for welfare fraud is 2.7% - though this is of course an estimate, based on the level of fraud they've detected and then some assumptions.… (View Post)

Here are some PIP statistics. 47% of claims are refused. I don't think phoning up and asking for a payment due to snoring is going to get you very far. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/p… (View Post)

You need to have sleep apnea. You need a diagnosis of same. You need DWP to then grant you the benefits on that basis. Has anyone tried claiming that and actually had it paid to them? Given the peopl… (View Post)