By this argument, an elected government abolishing elections would be a democratic act. Personally I would say that the government can do all sorts of things which might support or erode democracy, a… (View Post)

The current system could certainly benefit from simplification and clarification (for instance a friend was complaining to me about how tricky it is to find out what the evening-peak restrictions, if… (View Post)

Shocker as initial demand is not somebody's negotiating endpoint. That was obvious from the first moment anybody mentioned 19%. (View Post)

...plus of course "inflation goes down to 4%" doesn't mean "prices go down to only 4% above their old levels circa 2021" or even "prices stop rising" -- it just mea… (View Post)

This feels to me like an idea that works in some other countries' healthcare systems (I think you can do this in Japan, for instance; the NHS system is definitely at the 'GP gatekeeper'… (View Post)