Thanks for the response and as I said I don't have it in for private schools at all. I just don't think it helps their cause to overdo the argument in their favour. Providing a good educati… (View Post)

There is an umbrella although there are plenty of people who seem to hate the entire spectrum. They complain on the one hand about people 'mutilating' themselves with surgery or pills and a… (View Post)

It says something about the state of politics at the moment that advice from supporters of other parties about how you might win their votes is somehow abhorrent. (View Post)

Plenty of highly educated people have made terrible political decisions. Trotsky and Pol Pot being two examples off the top of my head. Conversely many people with little formal education have been d… (View Post)

This is why I think John Major's 'Back to Basics' and 'cones hotline' policies were unfairly misunderstood and maligned. Things like bad signage, horrible chairs and bad ligh… (View Post)