It is always a tragedy when someone is killed. It is also a tragedy, of a different kind, when a teacher leaves the profession for non-teaching reasons. I dispair when I hear of the crap the teachers… (View Post)

There are many milllions of people prepared to bet at suboptimal odds. And there are quite a few small companies who have been (ahem) "working for the bookmakers" over the last 20 years by … (View Post)

The USA cabinet is independent from the parliament. In the UK the cabinet is tied to the party or parties in Governemnt, so this idea although theoretically possible, has an infinitessimal chance of … (View Post)

Me too.... Off with the Mod's head! (View Post)

It is far from impossible, in fact it is impossible unless the Northern Irish parties, PC and SNP all decide to merge with the Labour Party. Even if you only include England, a 100% Tory wipeout will… (View Post)