What is strange about the US system is that counties can move state. If you don't like the policies of the state you are in then you can apply to move to an adjacent state. It is not easy becaus… (View Post)

Its a great model for the future (not). Drive a business into the ground through imposing huge energy costs, then take them over claiming to be doing it to save them. (View Post)

Won't happen. Too many people are too attached to the counties. Along with the parishes they have existed pretty much since Saxon times and people like the tradition - the sense of belonging. As… (View Post)

Centralisation is bad on principle. It moves democratic power further up the food chain away from the actual electorate. (View Post)

1.5 million homes. Half of it with some form of planning permission in place. But developers don't like building on brownfield sites because of the additional costs. https://www.theguardian.com/… (View Post)