The Davey clip is just lovely. This election needed some levity. Who hasn't fallen off a paddleboard? It's one of the great unifying experiences of young people across the UK. The Lib Dems … (View Post)

On HS2 - I was having an interesting/drunken chat with an operations manager a few days ago. Not very senior (my kind of grade) but exactly the sort of person who gets exposed to both the top and bot… (View Post)

Do you appreciate what a desperate set of affairs it is when midwives, police officers and (state) deputy heads feel the need to send their kids to a private school? Especially when those kids are di… (View Post)

I have a great deal of sympathy with those who are having to move school. I did so 7 times (all state), mainly due to family circumstance but also a result of rural school closure as populations decl… (View Post)

Yet another hole for "compulsory volunteering" to fill. (View Post)