Indeed. Alternatively hand local powers back to people and get the busybodies out of the way. Anything that is standardised nationwide, like SEND/Care etc should be dealt with and funded nationwide. … (View Post)

Just to nitpick that is 20 combinations for top 2. Edit: At least if you consider first and second different to second and first, so maybe the nitpick was wrong. (View Post)

Actually anyone defending this metric is defending that as a way of doing it. And it is quite literally what politicians on both sides of the aisle have been doing in recent decades, chasing headline… (View Post)

Good for young people? Give me a break! Young people have been screwed over, yet again, as is de rigueur. The Student Loan threshold freeze means that people working full-time on Minimum Wage who are… (View Post)

We should also remember the principle of precedence and that when someone we might approve of does something, then that could greenlight someone we despise doing similar. And if you tolerate this, th… (View Post)