School sixth forms are odd too. Round here they tend to insist on 'formal office wear' for sixth form rather than school uniform, leading to the odd spectacle of children walking around dre… (View Post)

Quite amused at the (presumably carefully thought through) phraseology in Burnham's latest tweet on HS2: It’s coming up 10 years since Osborne’s “Northern Powerhouse” speech and the Tories are s… (View Post)

Well, yes, a bit. I'm not massively proud of it. I think I thought that as a child, too. I quite liked the fella, and didn't want to make his life difficult. I made sure to be very nice abo… (View Post)

At school, I always insisted on pushing the limits of what was acceptable in terms of uniform. Don't know why - I wasn't particularly rebellious in any other way. I had a series of weary an… (View Post)

Team meeting today. Who is that bored-looking person opposite? She must be new. She's not saying anything. Maybe she'll introduce herself. [AOB comes along] Person opposite announces that t… (View Post)