Ignore swing for a minute. The Tories got just 22.2% of the vote in Chester, on a decent turnout. In a by-election brought about by a Labour MP's resignation due to alleged sexual misconduct. If… (View Post)

I see what you mean. If you subtract one goal from Argentina, and add one goal to Australia, Australia would have won tonight. (View Post)

Obviously anything can happen over the next two years, and anybody predicting the next GE with certainty is a fool. But there does seem to be a bit of an assumption from most posters that the Tories … (View Post)

I've lived adjacent to a large, famous private school for 12 years. They contribute absolutely nothing to the local community (apart from the kids spending some money in local shops), although t… (View Post)

Perhaps private schools could absorb the cost of VAT without raising fees. They could, for example, have slightly larger class sizes, or spend less on expensive refurbishments and extra-curricular ac… (View Post)