There's also the Golden Rule: he who has the gold, makes the rules... (View Post)

It's what many people always said about austerity, though. There was a difference between managing the financial crisis and then using that moment as an opportunity for massive ideological destructio… (View Post)

I would argue the issue is, in many ways, FPTP - if you have "safe seats" on 30-40% of the vote because there is no unified opposition, you end up with people who are frothing at the brain … (View Post)

I started university just as many of Goves education reforms were starting, and by the time I had finished my Masters all the teachers who said I should go into teaching because I would be good at it… (View Post)

Is there any aspect of the last 13 years of Conservative government that hasn't been an abysmal failure - even if held to their own standards? The idea that austerity meant we would have a stronger e… (View Post)