As somebody who worked in 14-19 education throughout my career, I've two objections to your comment: 1. Anti-elitism doesn't "infect every corner of the teaching profession". Far … (View Post)

My concise summary for tonight: 1. England were rubbish, with 8,000 sideways or backward passes, and the USA were unlucky not to win. 2. Starmer is doing just fine. 3. Baroness Mone and her husband a… (View Post)

Not here. And thanks - 'arose' is a really good first word for Wordle. (View Post)

As a matter of fact, there's been loads of schemes over the last 30 years to incentivise teachers in shortage subjects (maths, physics etc.) to enter and stay in the profession, resulting in suc… (View Post)

On Baroness Mone, this story has been around for quite a while. As with much else of Boris's regime, what has done for her is the lying. She claimed way back "nothing to do with me". S… (View Post)