Monbiot has been championing a new tactical voting wheeze: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/26/totnes-election-democracy-change As he says, this also put in an appearance in Godalmi… (View Post)

There seem to be a lot of local offensives going on at huge cost in lives - we generally hear more about the Ykrainian efforts but the Russian are at it too - e.g. they've thrown two armies and … (View Post)

I agree with your first para - essentially basic banking should be a human right of anyone living in a modern liberal society - whatever we think of them. On the second point, the general shrugs that… (View Post)

In literal terms: they got 43.6% last time, so 31% of that not voting is 14% less. If that became 25% not voting, it would become 11% less. Useful but not a big deal. If three quarters decided to vot… (View Post)

Maybe. But anecdotally (I know, I know...) I know a lot of Tory voters who say that re-electing the current Government is clearly, definitively, a bad idea, but nobody else seems to offer much, so th… (View Post)