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Its less than 12,000 years ago that Britain was mostly covered in glaciers. In the 1970s the experts thought the ice age might be on the way back. France may turn into Lapland, they said on the telly… (View Post)

My comp had a grammar stream, a technical stream and stream for people who were struggling. Within the grammar stream, there were six sets for English and Maths. Set 1 in Maths did the O Level a year… (View Post)

Comps that are streamed for ability are better than grammars in my view. Learn with people of your ability, mix with everybody. And no stigma. Everybody wears the same uniform. They can be a bit roug… (View Post)

I was starting to feel sorry for Sunak until he came out with ludicrous nonsense about tax cuts in seven years, when we all know a week is a long time in politics. The UK Treasury knows that no tax c… (View Post)

Johnson could have realised that the country faced huge and mounting problems and at least started to address them. He could have fired Sunak and appointed a tax cutting chancellor. He himself could … (View Post)