Techs are one thing. (And most tech staff in schools and colleges do lots of work for not much money, often on term-time only contracts. Recruitment was only possible because of holidays that match u… (View Post)

Nobody else will either. Because nobody knows how to get elected promising fiscal continence or how to get re-elected after delivering it. Especially with gobby yobs on the left and right saying it c… (View Post)

Churchill: Où est la masse de manœuvre? Gamelin: Aucune. Hence a well-meaning political nonentity as PM, and chancers leading most of the opposition parties. (View Post)

To be fair, anyone trying to be British Prime Minister right now who isn't afraid of the consequences hasn't understood the situation. And in many ways, I'm fine with gradualism. The last decade has … (View Post)

There's a bit of a difference now, thanks to social media. In the old days, the way that unacceptable behaviour was informally policed was through being shunned by your community. That worked pretty … (View Post)