@Northern_Al would be able to guide you on that point better than I could, but my outside impression is that it depends very much on who was in charge at the time. In around 2007-12 it seemed to be m… (View Post)

The big error after lockdown was that nobody took a long hard look at all the problems it exposed (note - exposed, not caused). The outsize classes, the patchiness of specialist provision, the poor q… (View Post)

Would an engineer who decides to connect the gas to the electricity to see what happens be a Certified Engineer? (View Post)

Your regular reminder that both Richard Burgon and Amanda Spielman were at Cambridge. (View Post)

So what you're saying is, you respect my knowledge but disagree entirely because you are firmly convinced that things were better in the old days? But then talk about Latin and Greek? One thing … (View Post)