Yes, that's why not doing it again in 1918 was (belatedly) rather inspiring. The full (very long) story is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Schleswig-Holstein#Danes_under_German_ru… (View Post)

The polling is pretty clear that the impact is very divisive in the literal sense. Lockdown had made a third of th epopulation better off, and a third worse off, frequently reinforcing existing diffe… (View Post)

One reason I've always supported PR is that it enables people to vote for whoever they actually support. Both here and in Broxtowe Labour and the LibDems play endless games with barcharts to sho… (View Post)

Yes, point 2 is crucial. As I understand the anti-card view, it's that the world is divided between the elderly (who may die) and everyone else (who will be fine even if infected). It's sim… (View Post)

Yes, this resembles the old dock worker issue - dockers were asked to turn up for possible work every day, and were only paid if there actually was any. I use ZHC all the time for freelance translati… (View Post)