It's unfortunate. Europe is supposed to be sending a message that we don't approve of changing borders by force etc. Yet we go and invite the country that illegally occupies northern Cyprus. (View Post)

@TSE, I was interested by the mention that the US had no BPC equivalent, since I recall that the BPC was US-inspired, as it confirms on its website - "The BPC was modelled on the National Counci… (View Post)

No. Americans pronounce "comma" the same way that Brits pronounce "karma". (They are different in American English, not because of the vowel but because of the "r".) Ame… (View Post)

D'Hondt is a widely known seat allocation formula for list seats. But it's not accurate to say that New Zealand uses a "more sensible iteration" of d'Hondt - because it doesn't use d'Hondt.… (View Post)

That's ridiculous. You don't need 6. In the Irish Republic, each parliamentary constituency elects between 3 and 5 members. If you look at the 2020 election results, it's fair to say they're close to… (View Post)