Category Archives: Politics
Water water everywhere
So today is Blog Action Day 2010 and the topic this year is water. Sign the petition over there on the right. Go on go on go on go on. Water. Colourless, tasteless, inert and crucial for the survival of … Continue reading
Take your place in line
In 1971 Dutch economist Jan Pen came up with a brilliant graphical way of conveying the distribution of income in a society. Imagine each person’s height is stretched in proportion to their income. Line them all up in height order … Continue reading
And another thing…
… yeah OK I would change a few more things. Why oh why oh why oh why having worked for twenty years paying both tax and national insurance into the system, now that I am a stay at home mum … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Rants
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If I could change one thing and only one thing…
I spent 20 minutes before he left for school this morning explaining to my 13 year old son how we vote for the UK parliament. His only response? “Well that’s not fair”. Here in Scotland we have a voting system … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Rants
Tagged first past the post, hung parliament, proportional representation, UK election
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