So twenty years of pushing degrees as an end in themselves (notionally to develop an educated workforce well placed for the workforce of the future) with costs increasingly passed on to students who … (View Post)

America and Russia mainly. Belief in insane notions on a widespread scale are no longer fringe causes that we can laugh at or dismiss. People will believe anything if "people they trust" ar… (View Post)

This is true. However, have some people have posited, these things are potentially very much swings and roundabouts. Already people are speculating about how winter pressures on the NHS may be much w… (View Post)

It is "harmless" - but my (public sector) employer is spending thousands of pounds on the things (and in fact lots more on "cleaning" of dubious direct Covid relevance) in anticip… (View Post)

I see that nice Mr Drakeford has said that vaccinations won't be enough, and coronavirus restrictions "in some form" are going to be required for the foreseeable future to "preven… (View Post)