It's a tiered democracy - at every level its democratic. Just at the top level there's an electorate of one. This is of course true for the UK too. (View Post)

And I am the official recipient of the most minor retribution ever conveyed by the poster @malcolmg in the history of PB! Damn, that's going to take some beating! (View Post)

Trump's on it - I'm sure we'll see a re-write of his official family tree soon, God will have been seemingly productive. (View Post)

Ministers falling foul of everyday tripwires seems to me to be pretty unhelpful in our long, and seemingly lost, quest for good government. It strikes me that the country might be well served if the … (View Post)

Unfortunately the answer to the question is that the hassle is entirely priced in. We get to pay quite a bit more on public contracts than we would if matters were simpler. Poor old 'practicalit… (View Post)