June 2016

Excel Webster/Sainte-Laguë Calculator

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Download Looking for a D’Hondt calculator? Try here. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which allows you to share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes as long as attribution is provided and that the same license applies to your work. The Webster/Sainte-Laguë method is used in many electoral systems around the world, most notably in Germany, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden.  But as with most proportional systems, although they produce fairer results they can be very difficult to figure — Read more →

My PS4 adventures so far

 Steven Kellow    Video Games  

It may have taken me a while, nearly three years in fact, to bite the bullet and buy a next-gen console – but last week I finally got my hands on a PS4. I’d pretty much been set on the PS4 ever since it was announced way back when.  Despite plying my trade on the Xbox 360 for the last six years, I’ve always felt a stronger affinity with Sony’s console – which I believe was better last-gen too save for the crucial fact that — Read more →

Let’s stay in the EU

 Steven Kellow    Personal, Politics

The European Union isn’t perfect, but as an organisation it has been an incredible force for good across Europe and the UK has played an important role in leading it forward. The EU was formed after World War II to promote international solidarity across the continent as it struggled to rebuild after decades of conflict.  The founding principle of the EU is that by engaging in trade and co-operating with fellow European countries that Europe will be safer, stronger and more prosperous.  And that’s exactly — Read more →

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