On topic, yes. Also, methodology. You have to select a theoretically representative sample in the first place, even before the vagaries of random chance in the opinions of those people come into play… (View Post)

Dictators like a wannabe-dictator who likes dictators (and is squeamish about violence when they're not). Shock. (View Post)

OnT / OfT Or we could just write it out. It's really not many letters and we're not using first generation mobiles. (View Post)

As always, it depends on the level it's set at. Some businesses - some industries - will inevitably become unviable once the minimum wage pushes up beyond a certain level. Care and agriculture are tw… (View Post)

You can't not have decision-making though. Ultimately, the politicians have to be accountable, which means they have to have some degree of power. In an ideal world, they just pick highly capable peo… (View Post)