I imagine that a little reflection and analysis would show that there are plenty of charities that have paying customers. What is it that gets some people, particularly on the left so angry about peo… (View Post)

As opposed to buying an expensive house in an expensive catchment area in order to send one's children to an elite school where you don't have to pay fees. State education: a bad policy. Perhaps. (View Post)

Because most of them have zero understanding of science and technology. Most politicians and journos that bang on about STEM have nearly all got English degrees. (View Post)

My thoughts entirely Big_G. I think many hoped he was a new Tony Blair (without the war mongering perhaps) but in reality it has been proven he has no idea how to lead. (View Post)

Indeed, though our own pretentions of democracy are somewhat questionable when we have a party in power with untrammelled ability to govern when said party only has the active endorsement of 20% of t… (View Post)