Good news: the Government has finally cleared up the confusion about whether or not over-50s will be locked down (or up, depending on your point of view) in the event of a second wave. It turns out we won’t be. This comes as a relief not only for people like me, aged 53, with a … Read more
There have been numerous demonstrations across Britain since the dramatic rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. But the one that took place in Brixton over the weekend, to mark the 186th anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery, was different. It marked the … Read more
There have been numerous demonstrations across Britain since the dramatic rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. But the one that took place in Brixton over the weekend, to mark the 186th anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery, was different. It marked the … Read more
I’d get everyone back NOW to save us from ruin, writes founder of Pimlico Plumbers CHARLIE MULLINS By Charlie Mullins For The Daily Mail Published: 22:04 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 3 August 2020 That’s it. Furlough is over, at least as far as my company is concerned. I am not prepared … Read more
Jane Fallon’s new novel Queen Bee features a nice woman with unruly hair who likes to dress in denim and trainers. Right now I am looking at Jane who is a nice woman with unruly hair pinned into a straining top knot, who happens to be wearing denim and trainers and I am thinking to … Read more
Jane Fallon’s new novel Queen Bee features a nice woman with unruly hair who likes to dress in denim and trainers. Right now I am looking at Jane who is a nice woman with unruly hair pinned into a straining top knot, who happens to be wearing denim and trainers and I am thinking to … Read more
Appalled by the intransigence of her union when it comes to getting pupils back into classrooms, this maths teacher at a state secondary in the North of England resigned her membership. Here, in a powerful account, the experienced teacher in her late 30s – who asked to remain anonymous – lays bare the unions’ shameful … Read more
Appalled by the intransigence of her union when it comes to getting pupils back into classrooms, this maths teacher at a state secondary in the North of England resigned her membership. Here, in a powerful account, the experienced teacher in her late 30s – who asked to remain anonymous – lays bare the unions’ shameful … Read more
It gets more ludicrous with every passing day – and more sinister. Take the case of Professor Patricia Simon, from Marymount Manhattan College in New York, who made the mistake of failing to be sufficiently enthusiastic in the course of a Zoom meeting. Accused of daring to nod off during discussion of an ‘anti-racist framework’ … Read more
There are probably more jokes about economists than there are economists themselves. The oldest is that if you bring ten economists together you will get eleven opinions. Which makes what is happening in this Covid-stricken world so remarkable. Economists actually agree with each other — up to a point. They agree that we are facing … Read more