Debrett's reckons there are about 3,000 living knights and dames. So many that they gave up on keeping track of them in the 1970s. It does seem to have been handed out absurdly easily in recent … (View Post)

Sure, 4th power law. My recent experience (in Ireland, obvs) is that minor roads are fine. LGVs still aren't heavy enough to do nearly as much damage as HGVs. The minor roads that deteriorate ar… (View Post)

There seems to have been distressingly little advance in materials science to improve the durability of road surfaces over the last few decades. That, or increasing lorry traffic has demolished any g… (View Post)

I'm a big fan of citizen assemblies, but all forms of participatory politics have the same issue - that some people find it easier to participate than others. Generally it is easier for people i… (View Post)

The simplicity of voting in an STV system is definitely one of the attractions. The voter does not have to worry about tactical voting, or trying to guess how other people will vote. They simply rank… (View Post)