Chris B
@chrisdb9.bsky.social
Live in Nottinghamshire. Interested in environmental and infrastructure issues and politics. Enjoy running and listening to cricket. Mainly here to read rather than post.
There won't be any unofficial defections at the moment because you aren't forced to resign. Regarding parties moving away from MPs, surely the 2015 Labour Party direction was substantially different to what was voted in. Tories 2016-17 the same.
January 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
There won't be any unofficial defections at the moment because you aren't forced to resign. Regarding parties moving away from MPs, surely the 2015 Labour Party direction was substantially different to what was voted in. Tories 2016-17 the same.
Come on, how does it work in relation to unofficial defection? I'm going to remain in your party but vote along the lines of the opposition on every vote? Maybe even pass them internal documents. Even if the principle is correct, it just doesn't work on a practical level.
January 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Come on, how does it work in relation to unofficial defection? I'm going to remain in your party but vote along the lines of the opposition on every vote? Maybe even pass them internal documents. Even if the principle is correct, it just doesn't work on a practical level.
What about unofficial defection? What about someone who says my politics haven't changed, the party has changed away from me?
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
What about unofficial defection? What about someone who says my politics haven't changed, the party has changed away from me?
Make half the tax based on weight. Half the tax based on emissions. 10 bands for each from £0 to £lots. Could even add bikes in (as people moan about them) but exempt them from registering if they are in the bottom band of both.
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Make half the tax based on weight. Half the tax based on emissions. 10 bands for each from £0 to £lots. Could even add bikes in (as people moan about them) but exempt them from registering if they are in the bottom band of both.
You could cut MPs expenses by 90% easily. Move staff to a central structure, buy 650 constituency homes (equivalent to vicars), 600ish London flats and 650 constituency offices, and give each a rail season ticket between home and parl. Same costs overall, but expenses to MPs disappear.
January 8, 2026 at 9:41 PM
You could cut MPs expenses by 90% easily. Move staff to a central structure, buy 650 constituency homes (equivalent to vicars), 600ish London flats and 650 constituency offices, and give each a rail season ticket between home and parl. Same costs overall, but expenses to MPs disappear.
What proportion of those motorbike deaths are caused by issues on the bike side? All of the measures are focused on the bike side but I would have thought a good number of motorbike deaths relate to cars.
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
What proportion of those motorbike deaths are caused by issues on the bike side? All of the measures are focused on the bike side but I would have thought a good number of motorbike deaths relate to cars.
I've always assume immigrants vote in the opposite way to the perceived position of their origin country. I.e. I would expect Chinese or Vietnamese immigrants to be right wing, those from the US to be left.
I don't have any evidence of this though.
I don't have any evidence of this though.
December 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've always assume immigrants vote in the opposite way to the perceived position of their origin country. I.e. I would expect Chinese or Vietnamese immigrants to be right wing, those from the US to be left.
I don't have any evidence of this though.
I don't have any evidence of this though.
Need to find one which is exactly 10 years newer..
December 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Need to find one which is exactly 10 years newer..
Not disagreeing about FPTP being crazy but it's prob more about the 18% lab drop than the 3% SNP increase.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Not disagreeing about FPTP being crazy but it's prob more about the 18% lab drop than the 3% SNP increase.
I saw something a while ago - the Iraq was was popular 2:1 for. Whenever the follow up survey was done (10..15 years later) and asked what their opinion at the time was, the result came back 2:1 against.
December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I saw something a while ago - the Iraq was was popular 2:1 for. Whenever the follow up survey was done (10..15 years later) and asked what their opinion at the time was, the result came back 2:1 against.
What would a perfect system look like? How many km is the ultimate target?
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What would a perfect system look like? How many km is the ultimate target?
Near to 3,000 in French. Can read it but not much else. Duolingo used to be good but it has long suffered from a process of enshitification. For me now, it's far more of an addiction than a language learning tool.
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Near to 3,000 in French. Can read it but not much else. Duolingo used to be good but it has long suffered from a process of enshitification. For me now, it's far more of an addiction than a language learning tool.
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And if you read the comments on that post - they apparantly got a 0.7% in August.
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
And if you read the comments on that post - they apparantly got a 0.7% in August.
Yes - exactly 7 days earlier they got 0.8%.
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Yes - exactly 7 days earlier they got 0.8%.