There was a piece on the voting system on yesterdays material world, bbc r4.

I didn't manage to listen to it all, so can't comment on it. But you can get the pod cast, or listen again.

Toby at work sent me an interesting New Scientist article on voting systems.

Entitled 'Electoral dysfunction: Why democracy is always unfair', it argues that due to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, you can never have a perfect voting system. The problem with this argument is that Arrow's Theorem only applies to voting …

Indeed, although the version of range voting on the website you refer to has the 'no opinion' option, which complicates things unnecessarily.

Score Voting is awesome!

http://scorevoting.net/

Insulation is certainly one of the most important factors, but I would of thought any product that gives ongoing savings is worthwhile, such as solar panels and ground source heat pumps? For that matter, using the best insulation you can should be a priority - if you compare the thermal conductivity …

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Normally I read all the manifestos before voting, but this time I don't feel the need. Here's my summary of the parties:

Labour

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I wrote recently about leaving Greenpeace. Here's the reply I received from Greenpeace:

I did have a look at your reasons for leaving Greenpeace and found them
rather obtuse.

You say that "One of the best things about them was that they provided
information. Now with the internet I can …