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Gerrymandering rears its ugly head (again)

For anyone who didn’t know what they were voting for last May, here comes the new governments plan to guarantee themselves a strong majority in their second term.

Links:
The Full Boundary Review
United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011

Naked Capitalism: How Germany Achieved Stable and Affordable Housing

Very interesting Naked Capitalism post on the huge difference between Germany’s property market and that of the United Kingdom.

Two comparable countries with radically different systems, one of which is designed to make property older, smaller, scarcer, and totally unaffordable.  I now live in Germany.