The irony of the Lib Dems winning a majority on 35% and then implementing a program of government that isn't liked by a good proportion of the country would not be an irony. It would be a rich, fruit… (View Post)

Anecdotes from today: Person1 (Labour voter, pro-EU): "I accepted the result, then the revelations made me want a second referendum, now I want revoke" Me: "So you'll be voting Lib Dem… (View Post)

If you're saying I should support a policy because other people will get violent if I don't, my answer is a calm but clear "fuck off". I don't attack people and property when things don't g… (View Post)

Yes, that's a view I understand (and I disgaree, but we can agree to disagree on that). The only thing I object to is the notion that democracy consists in a narrowly defined list of allowed policies… (View Post)

Ok, I've been and done the calculations, using a corpus of English words, assuming each one has an equal chance of being chosen (not an assumption I'm comfortable with, but I can't think of a quick w… (View Post)