They keep doing him the massive favour of underestimating him. You'd think they'd have learned by now. (View Post)

Probably. He seems to be pretty crap, but there isn't an obvious alternative, and it's just about possible that the government may mess up enough over the next few years to lose their major… (View Post)

Candidates for directly elected offices like the London Mayor or the Governor or California need either the backing of a big party machine (Sadiq), or some kind of celebrity (Arnold Schwarzenegger), … (View Post)

It does for children who can benefit from them. And for other children, what's the point? I think the real objection to this is not that it's small, it's that it might cream the best t… (View Post)

There's no point in the taxpayer paying for a first rate academic education to children who can't benefit from it, whether they are rich or poor. If parents want to do it that's their … (View Post)