In a different kind of country, I'd suggest something like UCAS for entry level jobs. You can make five applications main time round, using a standard form. Only one of them can be super elite e… (View Post)

As do some others, in a different way Trouble is that Kemi voted to make a bad system worse (Plan 2 is bad for graduates, Plan 5 is evil), and that her "solution" seems likely to make the s… (View Post)

You know how England are always much shorter odds than they should be at World Cups? Partly fans backing them because they overestimate their brilliance, but also as a gesture of support? I wonder if… (View Post)

Partly that. But also: 1. News expands to fill the space available. If your 24 hour non-stop newsathon is short of cash, political press conferences are a reliable and cheap bit of coverage. 2. Conse… (View Post)

Dangers of a shared language and social media that knows no borders. On sites like X, Britons and Americans are indistinguishable. So the British right get drowned in American culture war nonsense an… (View Post)