Another 24 days of this execrable performance to endure. It’s no wonder that even the politically engaged are tuning out the campaigns entirely: it’s just day after day of pointless shit flinging we … (View Post)

Most modern cars don’t even have a spare tyre. Calling out the AA when you get a puncture is pretty much inevitable! (View Post)

The fees charged in 2010 were topped up by government grants to the higher education sector. These were removed when the £9k fee system was introduced. The £9k limit was roughly equal to the sum of t… (View Post)

NB my partner (who works in HE) says: “students arriving in 2012 were under the mistaken impression that we (the university) now had 3x as much money to spend on them, when in fact we had no more tha… (View Post)

As has been pointed out, it’s a competitive market & the UK has full employment right now. If you (as an employer) don’t spend what it takes to snag an employee, somebody else will. The reason wa… (View Post)