Spent my 49th Good Friday on the planet pootling around Cheshire on my bike. On the way back into Manchester aling the Bridgewater Canal, a pedestrian I was approaching from behind reacted to my bell… (View Post)

Anyway. Happy Easter everyone. I bloody love Easter. Easter asks absolutely nothing of you. It doesn't give you a list of things to do; doesn't ask you to wear fancy dress, or to feel a cer… (View Post)

You nees to be very careful in using terms like 'unmitigated disaster'. I'm fairly sure there have been positives to both, not least the amount of private sector investment it brought.… (View Post)

On thread: this just shows the extent to which the mentality of "the government has money and if it doesn't spend it it's because it's being greedy" persists. People don'… (View Post)

Well it’s a bit more complicated than that (as always, and as you acknowledge). Back in the 80s and 90s, as I recall, spend per pupil at yer bog standard private school wasn’t much different to that … (View Post)