How do you expect them to value education when the people in power don't value it enough to fund it adequately, and don't think the system is good enough for their own children (but apparen… (View Post)

I think that the essays Cameron and Johnson wrote in their Oxford examinations (in which they earned a 1st in PPE and a 2:1 in classics respectively) were an accurate yardstick for measuring their in… (View Post)

The triple lock is hardly beyond politics, it's pretty much all politicians ever talk about. (View Post)

In these conversations it quickly becomes apparent how much people with kids at private school resent paying taxes to finance state education. Then we wonder why a government composed of (and from a … (View Post)

A new car loses something like a third of its value as soon as you drive it off the forecourt, doesn't it? That seems like a luxury that people on a budget can't afford. New cars are just a… (View Post)