At least he was trying to do something and recognised there was a problem rather than pretending everything was fine as our education system steadily sank further and further down the international s… (View Post)

He was also well respected during his time at Justice - where he tried to bring more compassion and education back into prisons, including reversing the ludicrous ban on prisoners having books - and … (View Post)

There is an obvious answer to that - most people do not have the medical training to understand whether something is life threatening or not when a potentially serious situation presents itself. My g… (View Post)

But this reflects a reality disconnect between people and the facts of public services and spending today. When you talk about public services and cutting public spending people fail to realise that … (View Post)

No, clearly you are wrong on this. You might reasonably claim that people 'should not' think this way, but there is lots of evidence that they do. It is one of the factors (along with the p… (View Post)