The UK government establish an independent body to give it advice on drugs policy which it could then ignore. Now they’ve gone and fired the head of the body. Of course, because the machinery of British government functions on blu-tack and sticky-back plastic, the minister hasn’t used any formal powers, but has merely “invited” the [...]
Interesting blog post from Michael Crick on differences in how the UK Electoral Commission treats donations to the LibDems and UKIP, suggesting that the former are favoured relative to the latter, other things being equal. Question is what’s the causal link between a given political party having more elected representatives and receiving more favourable treatment [...]