I'm not comfortable with this idea that having a good education is an unfair advantage. The better educated the country as a whole is, the better able the country as a whole can compete internat… (View Post)

Meritocracy is just a crap ideology so that people who have risen to the top of society - often with a large dose of luck or help from others - can justify treating the people at the bottom of societ… (View Post)

Stokes took a wicket immediately after the crowd heard the news he was retiring. (View Post)

Stokes is retiring. I will miss him. Best England captain since I became aware of Test cricket in 1993. (View Post)

VAT is not levied on books, which are a discretionary purchase, but governments have taken the view that encouraging reading is a public good. I have some sympathy with the idea that encouraging educ… (View Post)