A point that they don't seem to have registered is that many hospitals are already overwhelmed, in the sense that non-Covid emergencies are responded to very slowly (a wait of hours for an ambul… (View Post)

Yes, if you're observing a specific thing. The underlying question is whether they're the same thing at all. For example, you're including an election when universal franchise didn… (View Post)

Mmm, true, but the sample is even tinier than Fishing's century of outcomes, and the Consercvatives are notably good at changing leader and pretending it's an exciting new government. These… (View Post)

Comment on the next thread since we can't post there yet... Interesting comments, thanks, Fishing. My only comment at this stage is that in any other sphere we would see the total number of elec… (View Post)

Some really well-stated facts on the rise in migrant boat numbers from a cross-bench peer: https://twitter.com/i/status/1464536696138178569 Worth 4 minutes of anyone's time. (View Post)