Truly magnificent programme written and presented by Simon Schama just finished on BBC2. The History of Now looked at “Truth and Democracy” via the Spanish Civil War and Communist Czechoslovakia. Ver… (View Post)

Well for a start I have never read a single book written by your bete noir Cummings and it was I earlier who pointed out what a liar he was over the NHS claim (which started all this discussion off).… (View Post)

First and foremost it was imposed on the industry through changes to the statutory authorities, giving them far more power and massively increasing the legislative control over every aspect of the in… (View Post)

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)