Over at the Apollo Project, Peter links to an interesting article about selection in secondary education, and its inherent randomness. It isn’t clear in the article, but the local authority it refers to could well be Bromley, where I grew up and attended the Grammar. Either way, it certainly reflects my experience, where it did… Continue reading Loading the dice
Time for the Blairs to go
I’m certainly not the first to say it and I certainly won’t be the last, but it’s time for Tony Blair to go. Time too for Sir Ian Blair to shuffle off as well. There is no question that politicians ought to listen to what the professionals have to say, but that doesn’t mean that… Continue reading Time for the Blairs to go
Irony upon irony
The ironies underlying today’s debate on the Terrorism Bill just seem to be multiplying: The current situation in France; A Prime Minster avowing defence of civil liberties while warmly embracing the President of China; Ministers with poppies on their lapels po-facedly claiming that the country has never faced a greater threat. Add to that this… Continue reading Irony upon irony