Recent content by andywg

God status? barely mortal! 8-)

Here is the link to the Office of National Statistics website where those figures come from. Happy now? :) That's because there is no such thing as Scottish maritime waters from a soverign point of view and as such the oil is in UK waters and is treated as a UK (or extra regio) income. In a...

Channel 4 checked the 80% of migrants come from the EU claim here and found it to be false. Bold and underline on a typo? I do hope this is not to hide a lack of evidence to support your claims below :) I prefer to consider it something to research. A quick and nasty look at wikipedia for...

Perhaps it is revenge for the West Lothian question and the fact that those elected to represent the people of Scotland do not have the dignity not to vote on issues which do not affect Scotland and are devolved in Scotland. England only has higher tuition fees because of the support of...

They are more liberal than the parties in the USA. The USA is a very right wing country (noticed by its love of small government and welcoming of enterprise) which is one of the reasons it has some problems dealing with Europe which is usually more left wing than the UK. It is another reason...

It is where no party controls more than 50% of the elected Members of Parliament. As such, if the government introduces a law which the other parties do not like the government can be defeated. There are some votes (motions of no confidence and, I seem to recall, the Queen's Speech and budget...

They tend to do that :) The biggest problem with this one is you have the cloud of expenses and the fact we are still battling out of a recession and trying to avoid a depression or stagflation. When there are funds in the country the elections can be more about the ideologies of the parties...

Or it will show you what they think the middle ground thinks are important and will get them elected ;) I think you need a little more cynicism when it comes to those that desire to rule over us :) The problem is that the manifesto pledges are broken so often that you don't get a good idea...

I can only assume the lack of a sarcasm tag causes the confusion marrying up the above. There's not too many supporters of the royal family who want them all killed and replaced with a president :) I didn't read any of the manifestos and I bet almost no one who voted did. And reading it is...

Really? You are saying that voting because you think one party is absolutely awful and needs to be removed is scummy? A brave call (as Sir Humphrey might say). As an aside, to all those who are saying they want the electoral system reformed, do you really want all this after every single...

I would guess that there would be some coverage on your news channels, not too sure on anything else. I guess the BBC will be simulcasting it on the web, if you go through a router that makes it look like you are in the UK you should be able to watch it there. I understand Sky News may be...

Agreement lies herewith. And to that end: New tanks in 5 steps: Fish produce ammonia based waste which is toxic; The aim of the filter is to process the ammonia to nitrite and then to nitrate which is not toxic to the fish except in huge quantities; With a new tank, get a test kit for...

A degree is not necessarily the best judge of intelligence or application. Whilst having a lawyer or two in the House of Commons should (in theory) help with the drafting of new laws (though see the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 for the sort of nonsense that can come about when they listen to the...

Just to embark on a little debate here: VAT cut: none of the three main parties has ruled out a raise in VAT after the election, they have all merely stated they don't want to do it. You have just as much chance of a rise in VAT from the Tories as you do Labour or the Lib Dems. Some would...

I am not a huge fan of lowering the voting age. The 18-24 age bracket is the worst performing at actually going to the booths, indicating that younger people with a keen (or perhaps even passing) interest in politics are the exception and not the norm. I add to this evidence of the fairly...