It's not rot. We have a very fragile democracy compared to countries with a written constitution, checks and balances *and* a second chamber. Thatcher abolished the GLC by the stroke of a pen - … (View Post)

How have the Swiss railways apparently managed to do better than us over a really long period? 100% elec trains No Beeching closures Lower subsidy Affordable fares (unlike a £150-200 return London-Ma… (View Post)

Read 'The Black Swan'. It's by an author who understands probabilities and randomness, i.e. very far from alternating heads and tails. Much of what's routinely attributed to talen… (View Post)

The HoC isn't broken, except perhaps for the high number of Francois/Bridgen/Paterson/Fysh/Wiggin types in it. The constitution is bust. We need PR, a written constitution and further checks and… (View Post)

The 'One Nation strand' haven't been in charge for nearly 40 years. That bloody woman, ahem, sorry, 'The Blessed Margaret', got rid of them steadily in the 1980s and they… (View Post)