Worth checking how the school plans to manage it. It can be done well, but it can be done badly as well. As for why... There's the ongoing baby bust. A decade ago, Havering were talking of expanding … (View Post)

So his promise to stop lying was... a lie? (View Post)

Except the Conservatives were pointing out the threat to increase employer's NI before the election; https://public.conservatives.com/publicweb/GE2024/18%20Tax%20rises.pdf Whether it's desirable or n… (View Post)

On one hand, good for Conservative MPs; they've still got some survival instinct. On the other, look at how much trouble Boris was prepared to cause to become leader last time. He's in a weaker posit… (View Post)

Yes, there's a problem of a gap between public expectations and what governments can deliver. In the UK, decades of selling family silver to find ongoing lifestyle costs makes that worse. On top of t… (View Post)