I suspect the answer is that MRP does what it does very well, which is improving UNS by modelling demographic quirks. What it can't model is genuinely local factors, like the Lib Lab "understand… (View Post)

Good: NEW: Home secretary Shabana Mahmood urges pro-Palestine protesters to consider not taking part in marches this weekend. "Imagine if you lost a loved one to a terror attack in this country … (View Post)

Not only is social media a distorting window on the world, it's not even a window that looks out on our bit of the world. Language teachers talk about false friends- words that look like they are the… (View Post)

With a few, very rare, exceptions, "my enemy's enemy is my friend" is a terrible model of the world. Yes, I know what Churchill said about Satan during World War Two. That was one of the ra… (View Post)

Does Farage still have the "It really is my party, because I own enough of the shares" thing? Technically, he could be replaced, I guess, or he could get bored/frit and wander off. But I do… (View Post)