I'm not sure why this is controversial. Almost every opinion poll result in the history of time has been presented with don't know's excluded. The agree/disagree format of the question is much more l… (View Post)

My understanding of the law is that you can create a status quo situation that involves a change on a specified date. For example, consider signing a contract that agrees the purchase of a house. Onc… (View Post)

Tell the people of Zimbabwe that it means nothing to have a currency other people don't value. Sure, we're a long way from there, but we're travelling in the wrong direction. Yes, it would make thing… (View Post)

The simplest is simply to use England's cross of St George, since Wales was incorporated into three Kingdom of England rather than there being a Union as with Scotland and Ireland. However, if you di… (View Post)

Imagine everything was the same, except that the leader of the Labour Party was Ed Miliband, or a similar mainstream figure. I think it is certain that a number of Conservative MPs would have crossed… (View Post)