Also, just found that the Gambling Commission have a "misuse of inside information" pdf on this web page: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/guide/page/important… (View Post)

From the department of "question framing matters": apparently voters greatly prefer an MP who rebels on 10% of parliamentary votes over an MP who votes the party line on 90% of votes... htt… (View Post)

The economics of books are a bit weird, though -- there was an interesting blog post a while back analysing the evidence given in the recent Penguin/Simon & Schuster merger lawsuit: https://www.e… (View Post)

Portman Road is about ten minutes walk from Ipswich railway station, does that count? (View Post)

Yeah, I think it's dubious to say FPTP was "designed to" do anything -- it's one of the simplest and most natural seeming voting systems, which is why it's so widespread. I t… (View Post)