The 2016 Holyrood election according to the Danish Electoral System
When people in Scotland discuss an alternative to the Additional Member System currently used for Holyrood elections, they often assume
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Denmark
The Law of Jante and the Lad o Pairts
A term that is often used to describe Nordic culture is the so-called Law of Jante: Generally used colloquially in
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The Single Transferable Vote is the worst option for the SNP
Although the SNP benefitted hugely from First Past The Post (FPTP) in May (gaining almost all the Scottish seats on
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Cheap student halls like in Denmark
During the second half of my studies in linguistics and computer science at Aarhus University I stayed at the on-campus
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Och, Denmark! ☹
Ever since moving to Scotland from Denmark a few months after the 2001 election (which put Anders Fogh Rasmussen into
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Election posters in Scotland and Denmark
Peter Geoghegan has written a great wee article on his blog about the problem that election posters are getting banned
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Private schools — the Danish model
According to Twitter, people are starting to look again at the rather low taxes that private schools have to pay.
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