This.
Killing populism: What Australia has to teach Britain
I remember hearing about preferential voting and how it worked when I lived in Australia in the 90s. I couldn't articulate why I thought it was a good idea then, but I think it was because you really should think about your preferences, rather than just sticking a cross in a box.
(At that point, I had never voted in any sort of election, as my home address was always located in a safe seat that went unopposed.)
The total bliss you feel when unexpectedly encountering Underworld's Born Slippy simply cannot be matched. That is a hill I will die on.
I mean, the guy doesn't care about casualties, civilian or otherwise.
Putin gives Trump easy way out of confused Iran war strategy – and he might take it:
The White House is trying to find ways to help Russia, an ally of Iran that has supplied technology used in Tehran’s missile attacks on US bases and allied installations.
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“If Trump lifts oil sanctions in any way, it will only provide a lifeline to the Russian war machine and, at the end of the day, will translate into more civilian casualties in Ukraine.”
This comes at a time when Ukraine is diverting some of its own defensive drones to the Gulf to help protect the US and its allies from incoming Iranian attacks.
That is an irony that Trump has chosen to ignore as he continues to favour Russia over Ukraine, his allies, his own troops, but not big business.
Football must make too much money for Google; my repeated tapping to stop seeing stories about football on Google News (I have never read any) fails to make any impact on my feed.