A location was not given in the reporting i saw. None of this is actually connected to a government. There doesn't seem much reason to take any of the details that seriously. Its just getting reporte… (View Post)

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01403/ In 2024, 53% were refused at initial decision (not counting withdrawals). https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01… (View Post)

Oh, this is nice... You can see how refugee numbers are driven by world events. War in country X generates lots of refugees from X. (Go to p. 20 of https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/docum… (View Post)

Apart from winning a record number of MPs at the last election, that is. (View Post)

Using the Laakso and Taagepera (1979) formula for the effective number of parties, Great Britain has 2.1 parties in terms of Commons seats, but 4.5 parties in terms of votes at the 2024 general elect… (View Post)