Agree completely about there not being enough time or space here to cover all the issues education is facing! And I recognise a number of the issues you cite with GCSE Maths at the moment. One of the… (View Post)

I agree, Foxy: it's an assumption, and I'm not sure whether we've any hard evidence about how segments such as these have broken in the past. I don't bet -- my wife's a Methodist! -- I've just been c… (View Post)

Should we allow onshore wind farms? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind... (I claim first post privilege to absolve me from any criticism for a comment that is, I accept, a long way from re… (View Post)

Really, Mike? Maybe there are 50 or so where a combination of age and current majority means they'll feel a little less constrained than usual... ...but for many others the prospect of a chance to fi… (View Post)

It would be nice to think so. But we're talking big-beast politicians here, where ambition may well exceed any sense of duty (View Post)