I'm increasingly convinced that the loss of the bit in bold is part of our collective problem. It's understandable that we didn't want part-time MPs (or councillors) treating the role … (View Post)

Looks like it refers back to the white paper covered here; https://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-white-paper-the-key-schools-policies/ 3. Standalone trusts ‘challenged’ to defragment system The governmen… (View Post)

Seems pretty plausible. Everyone knows the mental health system has less than zero spare capacity, so there's massive pressure to discharge people in a poor way to make space for people in a wor… (View Post)

It's the Plato thing: One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Why anyone really brilliant of goodwill (those people defi… (View Post)

And even once you extend the shortlist to other parties... Farage and Polanski are different versions of terrible. Badenoch just isn't up to it. Ed Davey isn't trying to be PM- the Lib Dems… (View Post)