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Daniel Timms
@djstimms
Editor and journo at Mill Media. Data fan. Was writing economic reports a few years ago, now I chase dodgy solicitors through shopping centres.
May 28, 2024 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
Could we have a proportionally representative parliament…

*and* keep "one constituency, one MP"

*without* needing lots of "top-up" MPs to make up the numbers?

Yes! Introducing Best Fit Proportional Constituency Allocation (BFPCA). Here's how it works… 🧵 1. Divvy up seat numbers by national proportion of the vote
2. Start with smallest party, who win the seats where they got highest vote share. The local candidates gets elected
3. Then repeat the process for the next biggest party, until all seats allocated

Let's rerun 2019... Image
Aug 4, 2022 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
The Premier league restarts tomorrow!
But what would happen if everyone forgot about past attachments and lower league teams, and simply supported the Premier League team whose ground they live closest to?
A map-based thread 1/n Premier league grounds are not evenly distributed. Concentrations in London, the North West (Anfield and Goodison Park are 1km apart), and South Coast. None in East Anglia, most of the South West, or Wales (where teams could play in PL but currently don’t) 2/n