You are Jeffrey Archer and I claim my five pounds. Yeah, there's some truth in that- visceral experience beats numbers. To a degree. But there are two important buts. First is that human progress ten… (View Post)

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter, as WSC said. But the jury were (I hope) listening to the whole trial, and we weren't. (View Post)

Highlights the half of the problem that the number crunchers mention a lot, but gets missed in the Faragasm talk. There is a Lab-to-Ref flow, but the more important ones are Lab-to-Lib/Green and Con-… (View Post)

Fortunately, strong charismatic leaders have never ever sought to fudge electoral fig.. .. oh fudge. (View Post)

Here's the original press release with a quote from Bozza; https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2012/october/mayor-restores-free-travel-for-60yearold-londoners-with-the-60-london-oyster-p… (View Post)