I endorse all of this post, but particularly the final paragraph. Large sections of society - including, it would appear, schools - seem to fail to realise that parents have jobs to do. If we drive o… (View Post)

Oh Eagles. Middle.daughter yesterday complained that one of her teachers was pissed at her - then saw my dark look and said 'sorry, annoyed'. "In this country," I told her "w… (View Post)

This is exactly my analysis. In a close election, people will focus on which of the two big parties they prefer. But this election was sui generis - we haven't had an election with this little j… (View Post)

I've just had a nosy around the various pages linked to from "White Carribeans" on wikipedia. The history is varied and fascinating. I didn't know, for example, that Barbados was … (View Post)

Oh, indeed. But it never really struck me that the white population would be anything above insignificant. FWIW, cf the England cricket team - which was always captained by an amateur - i.e. someone … (View Post)