They count at the polling stations, don't they? Which cuts out a step we have in the UK. And if the district is made of lots of tiddly little villages, each one can presumably count their tiddly pile… (View Post)
Quite possibly. The euro elections and last Sunday showed that quite a lot of French voters are up for le Pen. Today showed that a considerable number more are up for opposing her. And in FPTP, the s… (View Post)
How much political time is there in the next few months? The King's Speech is on the 17th of this month, there can't be many Commons days after that before the summer holidays. Then back for a couple… (View Post)
What was it Jim Hacker said about the Eurosausage? Preventing a problem isn't news. Better let the problem become a crisis, because that makes you a hero when you solve it. And whilst some of the pro… (View Post)
However, it's quite possible that those nice voters in nice places are lost to the Conservatives, at least until the next wave election. The record of new Liberal/Lib Dem MPs putting down roots and b… (View Post)