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Singapore has fantastic infrastructure; have been there many times for work - it's immaculate. However many people find it soulless. An old boss of mine, who used to run a branch in Singapore described it as being like Disneyland without the rides. I suspect that the penal system; the...

Completely agree. It blows my mind that so many people are so bloody certain about everything - often very complex issues of which they have only the slightest understanding. I respect people who understand that their knowledge and beliefs are limited and they may be wrong.

You are stuck in the mindset that we need a large state redistributing money constantly between those that create wealth and those that do not. Singapore's model is to attract business, which creates jobs. Coupled with lower immigration this creates a demand for workers and pay rises. The...

I agree that double is a bit generous. But look at the rates. A grad in maths isn't likely to want to start on £23,700. When I left I was Head of IT in the school as well, so I had an incentive allowance. I left to become a graduate trainee computer programmer (so everyone else in my intake...

I used to be a maths teacher, many years ago in a comprehensive. I also did a bit of English and Drama teaching (my degree is maths but my passion is literature). Some years later (although still a long time ago now) I was out of work for a few months and did some supply work in another...

Burge : 7 - not much to do Willis : 7 - solid game Hyam : 7 - blocks and tackles all game Mason : 6 - OK Sterling : 9 - solid and dangerous going forward Kelly : 8 - very good game, especially second half Bayliss : 7 - Much better second half Westbrook: 7 - great debut Shipley: 7 - played well...

Thank you for asking, I'm fine but avoiding interactions on social media more nowadays. Hope you too are well. My point is that banning public schools has a negative effect on comprehensive education. Adding massive money for teacher salaries would improve comprehensive education but not...

I agree. Increasing class sizes by 7% would dramatically improve standards at state schools.

Dion was on BBC Breakfast this morning around 8:30 (you can probably find it on iPlayer if you want to see). He was discussing this issue. He said that of some 500 professional coaches (he included deputies and youth managers) only 40 are not white. He thinks the reason is outright racism...

I hate Robinson's politics equally to Corbyn's. For me they are two sides of the same coin.

There's loads of people there. Don't call me number 9; I am not a number, I am a free man.

The Portsmouth team are big fans of the Winnall Sorting Office, I expect they were going there. Chaplin prefers the Post Office in town (WH Smith); I doubt he was there.

Here for the festival. Laphroigh tomorrow. :)

You must have a greater resistance to alcohol than I

Sat in a pub in bowmore, islay. Shout out to the others from the sba watching with me and George and Willie from falkirk who supported the sky blues during the game. Bloody brilliant.

Or at an even more basic level. A implies B. I agree with A. Therefore I agree with B.

For Science grad you're surprising poor at verbal reasoning. Let me help: Decomposed as: Statement A. Statement B is different to Statement A and Statement B implies a move towards Statement C. Where Statement A = Sickle cell anaemia serves an odd advantage in some countries since it...

OK, I'm being disingenuous - but to make a point. I invite you to read the two sentences and present an alternative logical conclusion. Ignore your preconceived assumptions about what he believes and read them as a logic exercise. Had he written that he had miscommunicated his opinion and...

Liking Clint's post for the comments about judging people as individuals rather than being a member of a group. Not endorsing any accusation of others showing faux outrage, as I don't know if that is true or not.