Looking at the Irish results, it's clear that whoever was advising Sinn Fein to stand only one candidate in each multi-member constituency needs shooting. Although I hope they're past that nowadays. … (View Post)

No, a system making parties try and second guess how they will do in an election in order to decide whether to stand one, two or three candidates in order to elect the maximum number possible is nons… (View Post)

Thanks for that. I agree, there is a case to be made for Buttigieg and that article certainly does its best to make a powerful one, perhaps a bit too much for it to be viewed as entirely objective. T… (View Post)

How long have we got to decide? When will the NEC publish the procedural rules applying? We'll need at least 3 months based on the pace of the process currently under way to make a much simpler decis… (View Post)

I agree with you on this one, in terms of the inference of your first post. For all of the failings of Biden and Sanders, the national polls so far have been consistent in pointing to Buttigieg being… (View Post)