This is where subjective stuff comes in - I think Thatcherism was pretty mad, and because it won most people just think it's grand. That's what happens when you win. But the Tory party disc… (View Post)

Ha. From my pov, it's market values that has kind of destroyed higher education. Maybe people want bang for their buck and government can't be seen to fund every 18yo education for another … (View Post)

Working in such an institution - these students are propping us up, but only because funding has flatlined. Lots of unis would love to focus more on home students, but unless government funds higher … (View Post)

Is that not just a proxy for "should the government care about environmentalism / COP" though? (View Post)

I think there is a difference between the constitutional set up and logistics of politics, and the political reality of how people view things. The UK parliamentary system was originally designed not… (View Post)