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So why haven't they gone up in line with MP pay and incentives, a job which is massively oversubscribed in terms of applicants? Despite numerous calls from within the sector and in general from the public to remunerate teachers better? If the government are using the same criteria, and favour a...

That list has numerous countries ahead of the UK who in terms of pure economic stats are much worse.

Not on your nelly for that. £750 and a Sainsbury's 10p off per litre voucher. Not a penny more.

Well I'm claiming copyright on the name Fazam

Quality of life goes way beyond economic stats. Even a number of economic stats, such as areas of deprivation, don't look great for the UK.

I agree. Although I hate the term 'boats lifted on a rising tide' - it's used in economics and is horseshit. It's either a complete misunderstanding of how tides work or they mean 'rising sea level'. Even then it's still nonsense.

By that logic leave shouldn't have been on the referendum ballot as it lost when we voted to join. If Scotland got a second vote should independence be left off because it lost last time? Things change. A lot of what was offered/promised to entice people to vote Leave has been proven to be...

The problem with that argument being that it's well known that there is a chronic shortage of teachers and there are lots of teaching positions left unfilled. Teacher turnover and retention of young teachers just after finishing training is extremely poor. I agree that there are a lot of...

Anyone remember the Stutter Rap?

I wholeheartedly agree that those people should be the major voices when talking about issues like racism, homophobia and misogyny. The point I was making is we hear a lot of black people talk about how easy it is being white and feminists go on about how privileged and easy it is to be men...

Maybe there'll be quite a few triallists playing they don't want being publicised? Or maybe the entire Huddersfield squad have been forced by deedpoll to change their name to Patrick Power so the sponsor's name is on every shirt. I've also heard a number of women are changing their name to Bet...

I agree. The thing that should determine the minimum wage should be living costs - the criteria being can you afford to live off it? But of course then you just end up getting people charging more for things and you end up in a vicious circle of inflation. It's why the idea of a 'citizens wage'...

He has the right to speak freely. He (or anyone else) does not have the right to make shit up and claim 'free speech'. If you make claims they should be able to be backed up by evidence (and proper evidence, not "a poll says x% of people think/feel crime is on the rise/Mexicans are rapists")...

Yes it can be 'dumbed down' into a simplistic soundbite for either side but often those are the most effective ways of pointing out the flaws and fallacies of a system. You go into the detail and you can blind and confuse people with too much information, as is often done deliberately in a...

But in that case why aren't we massively upping the wages of teachers and nurses, or even doctors? Massive shortfall in these positions but get very little. Meanwhile tons of people try and fight to be an MP, which requires no minimum level of knowledge, expertise or experience. They get huge...

While on the whole I agree with you does this also mean it should apply to women about male privilege, black people about white privilege and LGBT about straight privilege? They haven’t experienced it, so they should shut the fuck up & hear from the people who have. There was this piece I saw...

Wouldn't it just become a 44 game season with effectively 23 teams if they didn't start?

In the NFL they have testing days where the up and coming college kids are given physical tests and all these are put into teams databases and they see who best fits what they think they need (unless an owner decides he wants a particular player for marketing reasons etc). Loads of the top picks...

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