But he really has perfectly summarised the problem with the right-wing objection to funding public services. (Most worryingly-for-the-squeamish seen in plans to privatise the National Blood Service. Because letting gay men donate blood is insanely dangerous, but leaving it in the hands of people who'll cut corners for profit cannot possibly go ( Read more... )

If your family epitomises a world in which the rich-but-thick succeed and the rest of us are screwed, don't go driving (oh, sorry, get driven by your chauffeur) through a student protest against tuition fees.

Hey, maybe they had to get in to work - oh wait, that's right, they don't do any fucking work.

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Higher tuition fees went through.

Students - good on yer. Hope you all make it out okay. If you can't win, at least give the bastards a headache they won't forget.

MPs who voted for this - fucking shame on you. Not everybody has a rich daddy to help them shrug off debt.

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I had my first capoeira music class yesterday. It was also my first class taught by Mestre Valdir (equivalent to Kyoshi Richards at karate) rather than Formada Vicky (equivalent to a first or second dan black belt, I think). We did an hour of music followed by an hour of playing. I can now sort of play the tambourine! Things I have learnt: ( Read more... )

Seriously, mental health professionals, stop harping on about my intelligence. Yeah, it's nice that you've noticed I'm not as dumb as a bag of rocks, but really. Neither are most of your other patients. I'm not some kind of super-genius. It worries me that you sound so surprised and interested ( Read more... )

By the melodramatic title we can tell a) the underwire's escaped from my favourite bra, and b) I'm tidying my bedroom ( Read more... )

Currently reading Ben Goldacre's Bad Science, which is mostly great fun. But Ben, dear, could you please stop using "humanities graduate" as shorthand for "science-hating credulous simpleton"? I can only speak for the historians, but as far as I'm concerned, any graduate who can't think critically, or be suspicious of an information source's ( Read more... )

Go here if you don't know what I'm talking about. Yes, and I know I've said I hate argument from analogy. Shut up. Inspired by Zarathustra's Liberal Conspiracy postDear people with power in the public services ( Read more... )