For once I agree with you, Nick. I favour PR and dislike AV. (View Post)

Poor form to analyse him in his absence. (View Post)

Except there are so many counterexample of MPs who don't give much of a damn about their co stunts that it's an exceedingly poor argument for FPTP. (View Post)

That's a better objection. On purely pragmatic grounds, even if you're an arch environmentalist, the bat tunnel, like the fish disco, is an appalling squandering of resources. (View Post)

I strongly agree with that. As a general point, electoral systems don't determine our politics, and aren't panaceas (see again the Israel example), but they all place constraints on its exp… (View Post)