Was down to 2.2C overnight here. Large changes in temperature over a day are common in spring. The colder sea allows temperatures to fall to low levels overnight, but the strong sunlight - we're… (View Post)

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)