If Electoral Calculus is right, then Reform will control four first-tier local authorities outright, and be the largest party on four more. By comparison, UKIP never controlled more than one authorit… (View Post)

When people tell you they're going to do something harmful it's a good idea to believe them. "Only a shallow person fails to judge by appearances." (View Post)

FPT Uzbekistan sounds fascinating. If say, I went there for a week, would you recommend seeing all of Khiva, Samarkand, Bukhara, and Tashkent, or just one or two of them? (View Post)

I’ve discovered from discussions on social media, that Americans who believe that slavery was a kind of finishing school for Africans, are not outliers. (View Post)

Techne has Lab 24%, Reform 24%, Con 23%. Electoral Calculus has a MRP for the local elections, but I’ve lost the details. IIRC it was Con 26%, Reform 25%, Labour 19%, and Lib Dem 18%. Reform were pro… (View Post)