But the reality is people use their vote in a number of ways, sometimes straying from conventional methods to maximise the impact of it. The reason tactical voting exists is because of our first past the post system - or FPTP - where each voter chooses a single candidate as MP in their...
Also, keep in mind that submitting a representment does not guarantee that the final decision will be in the merchant’s favor. As noted above, the case could move on to Mastercard arbitration. Unless the transaction amount is relatively high, the merchant will usually lose more than they ...
Economies work in cycles. Yes yes I know Gordon a Brown said he had abolished Boom and Bust, but in … Continue reading Category: Economics, Politics | Tags: bank of england, fiscal policy, interest rates, macroeconomics, mark carney, monetary policy, quantitative easing Does a ‘meaningful...
As I outlined in ablogpostpublished when the bill changing the voting system was before parliament in 2021, ministers argued that FPTP is the more democratic system: SV, they said, allows losing candidates – those coming second in terms of first preferences – to win. But this argume...
May simply does not understand how to negotiate (nor how to run an economy, appeal to the electorate, select a Chancellor, or even the reasons why women make different work like balance choices than men). No deal is fine and certainly far better than the dire stitch up that May/Hammond...