On 26th May the BBC reported – “Call to raise retirement age to at least 70” – and the first sentence of the article read, ‘The retirement age should rise to at least 70 in rich countries by 2050 as life expectancy rises above 100, according to a new report’. Apparently the ‘World Economic Forum […]
Tag: Academies
Staggering into the realms of the berserk & deranged
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,430 Wednesday 11 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I’m mindful of the old Chinese curse, ‘may you live in interesting times’, and here we are. Poor old Britain is in a parlous state as is the government which purports to run her. You really are staggering from […]
Culture Secretary failing to meet his legal obligations, but we’re paying
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,388 Thursday 31 March 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Alongside your privatisation and dismantling of our education system, a chronic shortage of teachers and the impending deportation of teachers recruited from abroad for earning too little, hundreds of libraries are closing across the nation. Academies are free to […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 