You have been reading...

Here are the five most popular posts on this blog from the last week in case you missed them:

• Fixed term parliaments should be 4 years, not 5
• Rebutting Iain Dale's STV criticisms
• Another reason why The Times' paywall experiment will fail
• Five reasons to cheer the timing of the AV referendum
• New poll shows 70% of people want cannabis legalised

And you should have been reading this excellent piece by Johann Hari which questions whether the media helped trigger Raoul Moat's shooting spree.