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The myth of the ‘miserable little compromise’

Before the election last May Nick Clegg famously described the Alternative Vote as a miserable little compromise. Those who have a vested interest in keeping Britain’s political system broken are making much of that statement, as though compromise were in … Continue reading

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Sutcliffe’s Shame

Woo. The Telegraph and Argus published my letter: Last week, while most of us were enjoying the Christmas break, No to AV named and shamed 114 Labour MPs intending to vote for the status quo in May’s referendum on the … Continue reading

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Welcome to the future

In the very first PC magazine I bought in 1993 there was a review of Syndicate. It featured a screenshot very much like the one above, with the caption “In the future it’s always 2am and raining.” Welcome to the … Continue reading

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