When I was a kid growing up in East London it was well known that if you fell in the Thames you were whisked straight off to hospital where you were pumped full of drugs. Now I believe you can swim s… (View Post)

It's certainly no panacea, Nige, but I think it would help. And it's cheap. (View Post)

Yes, but people would vote differently, H. I for one would be able to vote for the policies I want rather than tactically, as I invariably do. (View Post)

That's certainly the case right now, Hyufd, but things change and Labour might well have profited eventually if Blair had introduced it during his first term, which he could easily have done. Pe… (View Post)

Because he thinks it would be good for the country? Last PM to have a clear opportunity to reform the electoral system was Blair. It doesn't seem to have interested him. (View Post)