@Suitandtie9999 Trust me when I say there are other Crown Entities that are even worse around understanding their legal obligations are what parliament has told them they are, rather than what they wish they were...
@truereckons1 Whose analysis is this? For the first one, the impact is wrong, it would be 1 less seat for CR if it flipped but no extra seat for CL. Also, given the national candidate has beaten the labour candidate on specials in 2017 and 2023, 60% chance of flip seems high. 40 maybe.
@JamieEnsor Ah well. In that case I suppose Labour, Green and TPM voters may as well not bother voting next time. If its going to be manipulated anyway then there's no point.
@dpfdpf An increase alone would just mean that TPM's overhang gives the left extra votes but National's doesnt give the right any. An increase can be part of a fix but the German option is better.
@SHAWtyLUKE23 In baseball if you hit the batter your team is penalised by them being put on base. In cricket, the equivalent is generally just seen as good aggressive bowling, bodyline excepted. Phil Hughes died from a perfectly legal ball.
@AshishMeena08 Also, in baseball of the pitcher hits the batter the pitcher is penalized. If that happens in cricket its just an accepted part of the game and usually considered good aggressive bowling.
@Mykuhl@TigersJUK Watching them try to bowl would be painful. Useful to consider "wins above/below replacement". Throw a top or second tier player from either sport into the other, give a test of the skills (so include bowling an over or pitching to a single batter), and who hurts their team more