Off thread #2: An opinion piece in the FT on HS2: https://www.ft.com/content/0c41cc67-1f72-4545-84e1-26952c073e69 tldr: Build it! Relevant because it includes the following two paragraphs, which are … (View Post)

Wouldn't it be nice if your local school was nice? In practice, everyone-goes-to-their-local-school leads to a large amount of coasting. Schools will get the kids and the funding anyway, so no n… (View Post)

This seems a surprising thing to be that furious about. Are you angry about Sunak writung spreadsheets - which seems as unremarkable a comment for someone in a white collar job as 'has some pens… (View Post)

To be fair, much of that was run up during covid, when all western democracies did the same. I'd argue that this was a result of far-too-stringent lockdown policies. Which, of course, Kier Starm… (View Post)

None of the three main parties seem particularly inclined to bring spending under control. But of the three, the Conservatives seem the least inclined to me to let spending absolutely rip. (View Post)