He’s been quite comprehensively misquoted hasn’t he? The whole episode seems like a good reminder that politicians are best advised not to engage in hypothetical arguments in public, since online idi… (View Post)

There was an article published recently pointing out that, when compared to peer health services in Europe & the US, the NHS was extremely under managed. Those missing managers are the ones that … (View Post)

9% of teachers quit in the last year & vacancies have doubled to > 2k posts: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/13/how-teacher-shortages-in-england-are-affecting-pupils. Teaching h… (View Post)

The public sector has had fifteen years of below inflation pay rises. Politically, asking them to continue to take real terms pay cuts in the face of rapidly rising prices is extremely difficult, as … (View Post)

Given his long history of depression “gone a bit nuts now” seems to minimise the reality of his situation a bit. But, at the same time, depression is not an excuse for bad behaviour of this kind. Esp… (View Post)