They'll run very smoothly. The smoothest elections in the history of America. Russian elections run very smoothly, too. (View Post)

It's inevitable if you have five parties polling meaningful numbers, instead of two-and-a-bit. Partly that's because electronics make it easier to breathe life into Potemkin Parties with a … (View Post)

Though mostly driven by RefCon voters, who are even less likely to have a say in the matter than the rest of us. (Oh, and first?) (View Post)

There's nobody available who is plausibly going to do a better job, and any ambitious scamps looking to take over will want to wait until the Carney window- just enough time to fling out some pr… (View Post)

The anomaly was winning a humungous megamajority on 34% of the popular vote. Which was FPTP doing its job. (Governments losing a quarter to a third of their support mid-term is pretty normal. One of … (View Post)