I lived in Winchester in the 90s. Very safe over all but there were certain “squaddie pubs” that civilians strayed into at their peril. (View Post)

Yes, because it was conducted under the same qualifications as a Parliamentary election. (So it included all Irish and Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK.) I would doubt that. Many may well hav… (View Post)

Hence the “institutional”! Although IIRC the PRI did use undemocratic means including outright vote-rigging to maintain its grip on power for much of that period. (View Post)

As a student I used to enjoy seeking out exotic stations on the shortwave (I went to Lampeter so we had to make our own fun). Radio Tirana’s Stalinist tractor factory statistics content was a favouri… (View Post)

Looks like I’ve moved even more left-libertarian than last time I did this as I’m now Economic Left/Right: -9.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.05 Although if they’d put in a few questions abou… (View Post)