Right wing types are often keen to point to Singapore as inspiration for all sorts of policies they like but go strangely quiet when you point out that the whole system rests on state-run housing for… (View Post)

Practical solutions to real problems inevitably annoy some (potentially large) subset of the population. It’s much easier to claim that there is some imaginary solution that will please everyone and … (View Post)

FPTP systems usually force the median voter to vote for their second least favourite option. Looks like we might be being given a choice between zero economic growth due to rampant NIMBYism /or/ a go… (View Post)

This is wishful thinking. Populism is resurgent across the West right now & Farage knows how to ride that train. The voters gave the Conservatives a fair shake & were disappointed, so they tu… (View Post)

Re Boris: I think it was Max Hastings that said that the more you got to know Boris, the less you liked him. (With the implication that Johnson was /very/ good at making that positive first impressio… (View Post)