The 'optics' of flying out a plane-load of animals whilst leaving desperate Afghans to be tortured and murdered will be distinctly sub-optimal. What the hell does the government think it�… (View Post)

But arguing against the 11-plus as the selection method is just an argument of detail, not principle. (View Post)

Well, part of the point of a good education is to help the pupil become more articulate. (View Post)

Talking of women's work in the 1950s, there are some fun figures in the 1951 England and Wales census. Locomotive engine drivers; motormen: Males 48,287, Females 1 I bet she was quite a gal! Eve… (View Post)

That's a perfect example of my point. Do you not think being an agricultural labourer, or a miner, or a docker, or a milkman, was drudgery, repetitive, tiring, physically demanding and not frank… (View Post)