That was certainly the system back in the 1980s. I have a friend who was forced out of teaching by M.E. back then, who eventually ended up on an early pension which kept her solvent-ish for a few yea… (View Post)

Having listened to the Kemi speech again, I am not so optimistic that Kemi has smelt the coffee. There was quite a lot of misinformation in her speech, including the line obfuscating "out-of-wor… (View Post)

Thinking of you. (View Post)

But she has lots of groupies, so the odds may fall some way further. (View Post)

Hmmm. An interesting thought on the self-marginalising nature of the current Conservative Party - it's down partly to loyalty tests. Boris Johnson demanded (did he?) that candidates support Brex… (View Post)