On the subject of farmers and IHT: my father was a (tenant) farmer. He used to say that tenant farmers lived rich and died poor, while owner-occupiers lived poor and died rich. (View Post)

If that happens then the funds raised will be largely or even more than used up on the education of those students, making the whole thing just a matter of spite. (View Post)

One of the ironies of the debate over the structure of the NHS is the assumption that the only alternative is the US system, often by people who think that in all other aspects we ought to be more Eu… (View Post)

One less well know effect of independent schools is that they keep the government a bit more honest as it gives teachers an alternative employer if they find working conditions getting bad in their s… (View Post)

The interesting point to my mind is how do the government exempt universities? Both provide education, similar charitable set-up in many cases, an overlap in ages for eighteen year olds etc. (View Post)