Talking about "surprises in the Labour manifesto" - surely we are more likely to see a whopping humdinger in the Tory one - something outrageous that inexplicably tested well with a focus g… (View Post)

I am just dealing with that in Year 5. Thanks to Detectorists the 10yo already knew about misspelling Cnut. (View Post)

And conserving never meant "my institution, right or wrong." For example, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act was brought in in 1984 *in order* to conserve a police force that was unfit fo… (View Post)

The notion that younger people (under 50s) believe they are going to be able to retire comfortably is an entertaining one. And older but not yet retired people 50s-60s already *know* they are not goi… (View Post)

I largely disagree with that. Ignoring the extremes at both ends, the broader (middle of the road) "anti-woke" narrative is the more destructive. It's a retreat from change and improve… (View Post)