More fundamentally, the notion that the answer to "My local school isn't very good, and there are either no better ones nearby or they're all full" is "Build your own then" is ast… (View Post)

Most public sector pay rises since the start of the Coalition Government in 2010 have been below the rate of inflation, i.e. there was a period of more than a decade when pay contracted in real terms… (View Post)

Quite. Streeting's plans would be much easier to take seriously if he'd not created a pointless talking shop to deliberately put off any action on social care until after the next election. We all kn… (View Post)

This administration doesn't adopt a conservative attitude to the sovereignty of the people, it is populist. The Republican Party is not conservative, it is populist. It claims to have won all of the … (View Post)

As interpreted by the Supreme Court, which has been rigged by Trump and has already granted him effective total immunity from prosecution. There's no particular reason to suppose that they won't rule… (View Post)