Even harder to do with five parties than three. The temptation to be the one being good to pensioners when nobody else is would be immense. (View Post)

That's to assume that that era is over, which feels optimistic. (View Post)

Somewhere, there's a healthy spot somewhere between American devotion to a terrible President and British fury at mediocre Prime Ministers. Going back to the last header, how long would Burnham&… (View Post)

In other words, Burnham looks good because he mostly plays on easy mode. When he tries anything more complex (like sabotaging his own party's conference) he falls apart like a cheap knock-off Ra… (View Post)

Isn't the big picture here that solar+wind+battery is comfortably cheapest for a 95% solution, and that model gives such an excess at peak production that we don't really have to worry abou… (View Post)