Looking at the story, A document was not shown to Liz Kendall, who was Work and Pensions Secretary at the time of the decision, but had since come to light and needed to be considered, the government… (View Post)

Chair of the EHRC, yes. More impressive than me, undoubtedly. But an organisation with 218 employees and a budget of £17 million. That's a moderately-sized academy trust. It's not a big organisation.… (View Post)

True- though that doesn't mean that the criticisms are wrong, or even silly. (Though some, like the 'where was the balancing documentary on what's bad about Harris?' surely were.) (View Post)

And then they will be forgotten, as Professor Ebbinghaus pointed out. Because that's the nature of learning stuff. There's a tension here, becuase the best chance of stopping things like this happeni… (View Post)

Two bits of golden-ageism; The best golden age is my young adulthood; everything was great then, and not just my body and social life. The second-best golden age is my time of maximum prestige and po… (View Post)