We can afford to spend more - it's just a question of whether we want to. As you say other countries spend more in absolute terms and relative to GDP so it's obviously possible. I would lik… (View Post)

Wading in because I normally agree with you & onlylivingboy but here I differ... I see healthcare as a more essential right than education. I am less tolerant of inequities in healthcare. For edu… (View Post)

Agree, there is no good answer here. It's actually not *that* easy a question to answer... what counts as private healthcare? When I chipped my tooth and paid extra to have it fixed and be the s… (View Post)

Best of luck on your first day! (View Post)

Looking at the England squad, I genuinely think it is probably second or third best in the world behind France and possibly Brazil. Southgate has done a decent job but I think we could do probably do… (View Post)