Casino touches on a relevant point. Will Starmer screw up education? I tried to think why that would be but then I can hardly remember Starmer saying anything on education. There was the VAT exemptio… (View Post)

I don't really understand why this has become controversial. Samira Ahmed and even Yasmin Alibhi Brown wrote frankly about it. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/06/sexual-abuse-rothe… (View Post)

Well done on the 50,000. Not sure at my rate of posting I'll get there before I die. (View Post)

I'm not sure we played THEIR game during the cold war. And Macron taking 50 CEOs to China for a 3 day state visit with all the trimmings is not a diplomatic charade. Von Der Leyen was in the more bad… (View Post)

WRT China - Is Macron naive or worse. Whilst Von Der Leyen at least seems more of a realist this quote really grates on me. Von der Leyen: "I encouraged President Xi to reach out to President Ze… (View Post)