So, it's A-level results day today and so the news is filled with the usual stories of people arguing grade inflation. Only this year we get it more so as they've just launched the new A* grades ( Read more... )

Discovered about this lot via the Socialists who had seen them on the 4th plinth. Their views are distinctly odd in places and I disagree with them on a number of points, but their views are broadly socialist and they do have a some interesting ways of looking at things ( Read more... )

There's been a lot in the news today about Brown's plans to discuss reforming our voting system, and if the result of this is that we end up with something more along the lines of proportional representation then this has to be a good thing in my opinion ( Read more... )

I like this idea, even if the chances of it ever happening are slim to none.


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So, the speaker of the house of commons resigned yesterday ( Read more... )

Something really bizarre occured this morning. I was listening to the radio and found myself agreeing with something Anne Widdecombe said. I'm hoping I'm going to recover soon ( Read more... )

There's been quite a lot in the news today about cocaine, how it's cut and whether or not it's declining. As part of this the Today programme had someone on this morning arguing that the prohibition seems to be causing more problems then it solves ( Read more... )

This is impressive:



(The RSA Opening Minds projectOne of the things I feel quite strongly about in terms of education, is that it should be more skills-based rather than fact-based and that children should be given more responsibility for their own learning ( Read more... )

So, on Thursday (only 3 days ago, I'm catching up...), I went to see Spring AwakeningIt's a musical based on a play by Frank Wedekind. I hadn't looked much at the details beforehand, so was expecting a typical teeny romancy rights of passage type thing, so was quite impressed to find out there was a bit more to it than that (but only a bit more ( Read more... )

PM and Palace 'discussed reform'To say that I'm not the countries biggest royalist, would be a bit of an understatement, but neither have I seen any strong argument to abolish them ( Read more... )