This essay is quite good on defining what the hell “woke” actually means. https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/woke-is-a-new-ideology-and-its-proponents (View Post)

Grammar schools performed a valuable function after the war, but they are clearly a retrograde idea in the context of 2022. There are better ways to deliver social mobility and a skilled workforce su… (View Post)

I agree with others; bring back Ishmael. Terrible taste in music, but he was one of the best things about PB. (View Post)

My experience was not as bad as yours. Nevertheless, one of my driving convictions is that life should be better for working class or lower middle class people who want or are able to get ahead. I fe… (View Post)

I went to a state school, in NZ. It was pretty middling, and to be fair it was designed to be a factory for exiting kids into blue collar jobs in a blue collar suburb. They did an OK job of that, I g… (View Post)