As the General Election campaign gains momentum, two extremely alarming stories have emerged that, in my view, are not getting the attention that they deserve. Even more oddly, scrutiny of the response to them by the main parties seems fleeting at best. This week, the Conservative Chair of the children and young people’s board of […] Continue reading
Way back in the early 1990’s, in a Politics seminar that formed part of my degree course, I asked my tutor what was the most effective form of electoral system. “What result do you want it to give you?” was his reply. Ever since then I have viewed surveys and interest group “research” with great […] Continue reading
As more potential free school plans have surfaced in the area in recent months, I spent some time recently trying to understand on what basis proposals are now assessed. While noting an apparent shift in emphasis from “demand” to “need” in the approval process, the Department for Education (DfE) does not clearly differentiate between the […] Continue reading
