Regardless of the merits of the Tory London attack ad (it has none), I think it's a rubbish strategy for them to paint modern London as some sort of apocalyptic dystopian hellhole. It is, after … (View Post)

Disagree with that. She's a serious politician for serious times, not charismatic, but she knows her stuff. Her Mais Lecture last week was wide-ranging and pretty good - linked to again for anyb… (View Post)

State sector heads would be very happy to have an influx of ex-private school kids to their schools. Their parents would be a valuable resource in putting pressure on governments to increase resource… (View Post)

It's not just curious, it's outrageous. Colleges have campaigned on this for years, to no avail. There's absolutely no justification for post-16 education in schools and in colleges no… (View Post)

Only up to a point. The Greens ran Brighton Council for a few years recently, and made such a mess of it that it tarnished their reputation. They were slaughtered (by Labour) last May, losing most of… (View Post)