As someone who comes here for the politics part not the betting part (and who skipped past your header as a result, sorry!) can I just say this is a lovely piece of writing. Really brings the excitem… (View Post)

In a former life I evaluated the impact of something called ‘budget holding lead professionals’ which was horrible jargon for a great idea. In short the professionals working closest to eg a kid at r… (View Post)

No I don't think people are interpreting you as being against SureStart (at least, I'm not). I think it's a really useful test case for what you're arguing for. Okay, if I was in … (View Post)

FPT - reposting here as its an ongoing discussion Ah, thanks for spotting my dead post on a dead thread (I'm always doing that). Perhaps this is a misinterpretation then? I'd argue, that be… (View Post)

"Feel free to link reports that cover the other 94%" I respect where you're coming from on this, but speaking as a teacher and previously a statistician trying to do exactly what you&#… (View Post)