I work in the public sector. I can completely imagine that this got in without approval of Labour politicians. 1) Senior management in the public sector are completely bought into the concept that wh… (View Post)

Off thread - sunset from Strangeways: currently where New Manchester meets old Manchester. Shame about that Travelodge. (View Post)

OK, I will add in data from one small bit of South Manchester: my daughter's primary school has, in the last 8 years, gone from <5% English-as-a-second-language to >40%. This isn't so… (View Post)

"Annoying the right people" was basically the argument for renaming the Brecon Beacons. (View Post)

It will be, er, interesting to see how that pans out in practice. (View Post)