If Labour can offload Jez - and Lloyd Russell Moyle, Richard Burgon, Nadia Whittome and the other nutjobs - then he does a lot to make his party more electable, and well done him. It does make you wo… (View Post)

Parental choice in my experience is a bit of an illusion. You can, if you like, apply to a school which isn't your local school, but you won't get in, because it's full. People in Traf… (View Post)

In urban areas people most people are within walking distance of their primary school. Parents who drive and drop their children at school do not do so out of physical laziness, as people often assum… (View Post)

Yes, although the narrative nowadays seems to be that bad stuff was done ONLY by the British, and Hitler. (View Post)

I've had a quick google and can't find it, and I'm too busy to persevere - but there is a very good photo somewhere of Dam Square Amsterdam in about 1967. It was basically a massive ca… (View Post)