Private education has extended beyond schools. Now concerned parents can pay for tutors (at least two on pb) and send younger children not to prep schools but to small (often after-school) classes in… (View Post)

Who the flip do you think would pay? Germany? The Qatari sovereign wealth fund? Here's a clue – Rwanda's treasury was never on the hook for those flights either. (View Post)

For outsiders, bookmakers' early prices can be better than the exchange. The firms sacked their odds-compilers when copying Betfair prices was more accurate but betting markets are dead now right up … (View Post)

Ironically, one reason advanced for wanting more information from the police is to counter online rumours that every attacker is an asylum seeker. Yvette Cooper spoke about this. I believe she is mar… (View Post)

Like him or not, Gary Lineker is good at the telly game. Like Brucey, Ant & Dec, Noel Edmonds, Graham Norton, Jeremy Clarkson and no doubt a few others, even if you don't care for their programme… (View Post)