The costs of coronavirus would still have existed whether we had a compulsory or voluntary lockdown. What would have made a difference is getting on top of the virus earlier and hopefully we will do … (View Post)

In some constituencies it's unclear who to vote for if you just want to get rid of the incumbent. That to me is a pretty clear drawback of FPTP. (View Post)

Not tempted by the bets but thanks for the header. I think AOC highly electable. She's articulate and authentic (back story of tending bar is solid american dream). She's the one candidate I think th… (View Post)

I think you've misunderstood the piece - I'm very clear that voters would be happy to cut the aid budget. The issue is that MPs may have a different view. We won't know until its crunch time in parli… (View Post)

Thanks for the comments all. One of the things I didn't touch upon is it may be quite difficult to get down to 0.5% given what Boris Johnson has said about giving away excess vaccines. The value of t… (View Post)