False comparison -- the newspapers only need to find a comparatively small number to make a worthehile story, and they don't need anywhere near the same standard of evidence to publish it. The govern… (View Post)

That kind of assumes the government being at the table will help rather than hinder, of course :-) I think it's important to figure out why we're putting in government money into businesses. Do we wa… (View Post)

I think it's because it's a protection which is not applied to all the state benefits that we provide to help those below the poverty line (there is no Universal Credit Triple Lock), and it looks a b… (View Post)

Seems to me that it's exactly the same as changing PMs. Either you argue that the system rests on voters voting for MPs as individuals (which is how the letter of the law says it works), and then nei… (View Post)

PR for local elections might be a bit more feasible? The politicians deciding it would be a bit less directly affected. And it's easier to do the "change system without referendum" thing fo… (View Post)