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I watched the second in the dispatches series on children and maths. I was pleased to see much progress in the school, with many of the chil...

What chance have our children got when the primary school teachers can't do maths? I have just watched Dispatches on Channel 4, Kids Don...

Harriet Harman is to be charged for various driving offences relating to her crashing into a park car whilst using a mobile phone and failin...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in t...

The news this morning, pre announced as usual is that the government is to regulate against irresponsible lending. If ever there was a case ...

Having gone from the ridiculous position of "Labour investment verses Tory cuts" to admitting that Labour will have to cut spendin...

One of the interesting things about blogs is less blogs like mine which discuss what is going on and more blogs like Night Jack*, and NHS bl...

Yesterday's Sun carried an article about a 12 year old boy who turned up o school dressed as a girl, and with a girls name. Today the S...

It seems the debate has moved on from the very facile "Labour investment versus Tory cuts" to the merely somewhat facile nasty Tor...

70 years ago today Germany invaded Poland, which started the second world war, the most destructive in history. One fifth of Poland's po...

So says Mervyn King the Governor of The Bank of England. Why? Well mostly because of the effects of massive public and private and corporate...

It appears that Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and his cronies think it is a good idea to put some protesters on trial for disputing the obviously rigg...

After all the waffle and lies from Labour about "Tory cuts" and calling David Cameron Mr 10% now at least we have some truth! Labo...

Some people are having a go at the banks for the interest rates they charge, particularly as the Bank of England base rate is at 0.5%. Peopl...

The last man still alive, to serve to serve in the trenches in World War 1 died today at the age of 111. He did not start talking about his ...

Well done to all who campaigned there, this is a fantastic result! Chloe Smith got 13,591 votes, and a majority over Labour's Chris Ostr...

Henry Allingham, the oldest surviving World War 1 veteran and last surviving founder member of the RAF died today at his care home. He was 1...

Peter Harvey was a popular and well respected science teacher at All Saints' Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, then one day he attacke...

A QuANGO is a Quasi Autonomous Non Governmental Organisation. In principle, in their place they are no bad thing. For example they can be in...

This may be two subjects where you can see absolutely no connection what so ever. Fair enough. There is though, and I will get to it. I read...