It has a dual effect. On the one hand it makes it harder to trigger a vote. But when a vote does happen, it is much more likely to unseat the incumbent. (View Post)

Suppose you are an advocate for a single-issue cause. Something innocuous like planting broadleaf trees. Normally you'd be desperate to win government support for your cause. You've dedicat… (View Post)

Possibly even less than that - it could simply be the output of Russian/Iranian/Chinese troll farms, seeking to divide and enrage us. It's incumbent on us, then, to all step back from time to ti… (View Post)

The cost of borrowing didn't stay low, though, and the interest payments on Britain's debt have risen sharply as we've had to rollover debt previously borrowed at low rates. (View Post)

There's something I've been meaning to follow up on about a jet transition in September that was mentioned in a paper that was defining seasons objectively in the Mediterranean. Storm Amy i… (View Post)