Interesting Links for 28-06-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Scotland's census reveals LGBT numbers for first time

(tags:LGBT Scotland census )

2. In case you were still hoping for any meaningful voting reform from Labour

(tags:reform voting Labour OhForFucksSake )

3. We've here is Keir Starmer defending electoral reform. That was before he was elected, of course

(tags:Labour elections voting reform OhForFucksSake )

4. But how many countries are there really?

(tags:maps countries video )

Comments

[cmcmck]

1. Although the figures may well actually be higher as some of us (myself included) don't answer such questions.

[andrewducker]

Absolutely.

[calimac]

And sometimes the questions are inept. I've seen surveys where there were three options: Male, Female, Trans. oh dear

[cmcmck]

To be fair, the census has got a bit better than that but my answer is still F and I don't get involved with the complexities of gender and birth sex as it's none of their damn business.

[mellowtigger]

I don't know the local politics. Is there some reason that people would feel safer answering these questions truthfully in Scotland versus other UK locations?