I think it's important that the concerns raised by the independent election observers are addressed, rather than lost in an argument over Reform claiming it lost them the election. (View Post)

I would hope that issues of the secrecy of the ballot, or party political advertising too close to piling stations, etc, are dealt with while they are small problems, rather than left until they are … (View Post)

You can't apply vote changes from a by-election across the country like that to any useful end. By-election swings are typically much larger, not least because the intense campaigning generally … (View Post)

I don't think comparing Israel to Russia is helpful. It obscures more than it illuminates. But anyway, my interest at the moment is less whether it is odd, or whether I agree, that people should… (View Post)

I don't think we should necessarily dismiss concerns about the vote so glibly. We should worry about the potential for coercion, and things like photographing ballot papers does need to be preve… (View Post)