It surely cannot possibly be true that it's to cover extra costs at peak as the cost of serving someone is almost certainly more off-peak (staff serving fewer pints per hour but on the same wage… (View Post)

Not sure it's a great test. There was very little tactical voting in Eastleigh or Little & Sad before the 1997 General Election, but was at the election itself. By-elections are big set piec… (View Post)

There are some constraints on gerrymandering in federal law short of constitutional amendment. The Voting Rights Act 1965 was recently used successfully to overturn an Alabama gerrymander that manage… (View Post)

I agree nobody with career ambitions would want it now and that's why it probably won't happen. They might reflect on the fact Michael Portillo sat on his hands when John Major issued his &… (View Post)

In that respect, we are all Chris Cash. (View Post)