I've added mapping to The Elected. I've only mapped one constituency so far. As it's a wiki, anyone can add mapping data to a constituency. Let me know if you try it and have any problems.

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Andy's pointed me to this Economist article on the ethical buying of food. There are several different issues involved:

• CO~2~ emissions. Many people attempt to buy food that has caused the minimum CO2 pollution. But as the article points out, this is incredibly difficult. I buy groceries from an …

We should make sure that poor people don't have to pay tax. At the moment we pay means-tested benefits to the poor, while also charging them VAT. This is bad because it is bureaucratic and creates perverse incentives. Abolishing VAT would be funded by:

• CO2 Tax
• Ending the drugs prohibition …

I've released a new version of The Elected. Have a look and let me know what you think. I've reworked it a bit to make it more Restful. The thing about The Elected is that it's a wiki, but it's also structured. Whereas Wikipedia is a wiki of a filesystem …

I'm trying out Blogger because it seems more flexible than my existing blog with Yahoo!. In particular, with Yahoo! the advertising revenue goes entirely to Yahoo. With Blogger, I receive some of the revenue. Mercenary I know, but there we are. Also, with Blogger I have the flexibility of editing …