voting

Let’s be informed voters – together

There was an election for the Berlin House of Representatives in 2021 and for various tedious reasons it was a right cock-up. There followed months of discussions and disagreement before it was eventually decided to redo the election this year. We will be voting tomorrow. In the weeks leading up to the election, something happens which I have only ever seen in Germany: stiff signs made of correx (deeply environmentally unsound) are strapped with cable ties (which probably end up in the waterways) to every single lamppost and vertical pole in the city. They accumulate until there are four to...