The Fleet became an open and de facto sewer before it was covered up and made into a real one. Appropriate. (View Post)

That was the Civil War and War Communism. The Collectivisation disaster was in 1931-32 and the drive to force collectivise farming didn’t begin until 1928. (View Post)

The crises at OFSTED continue to mount, as inspectors threaten to walk out over the rushed training regime for the new inspection system which is being implemented earlier than planned (and for which… (View Post)

A sane budget would of course abolish NI and instead split the tax between higher income tax and higher corporation tax. I'll believe that will happen when I see a pig flying over Cannock Chase. (View Post)

I think a lot of them will probably be glad of an excuse to quit, from what I've seen. I don't think there would be quite so much resentment around this extra training if they weren't … (View Post)