The rankings I am referring to cover Maths, reading and science, not just maths alone. And the current very good state of the Oil Industry is exactly because we (and the authorities) prize lives over… (View Post)

And how about the self importance of some influential teacher's organisations who have, for decades, put ideology ahead of the best interests of the children. The anti-elitism that infects every… (View Post)

It is a policy which, if expressed in the way you do it - or even anything approximating to that - would be absolutely destroyed by other parties though. A real world version of Logan's Run. Kil… (View Post)

Can't disagree with you there. I think we have devalued education in far too many ways - some very unintended, others far more obvious such as the most obvious one of neglect of funding and inve… (View Post)

This loops back to the argument I used to have with OGH in the years before Cameron announced the referendum. At the time OGH used to use this IPSOS issues poll to support a claim that people didn�… (View Post)