Had It in Holland Park

“That's about £1000 per person, or £1500 per worker.
Unfortunat­ely, like most welfare recipients­, the banks regard this as their right rather than something they should be grateful for.

“I love the morality implicit in the sentence: "Some have argued that the system could drive teachers to cheat..." Note: it is the system, not the cheaters, who are at fault.
     I also like the idea of keeping "minimally effective" teachers in the classroom, so that the next cohort can also be denied a decent education.
    As we sow, so shall we reap

“Why indeed - Shouldn't the sins of the father be visited for at least 7 generation­s?   Who cares if he is a critic of Assad's regime - that's only since he left Syria.  Who knows what he got up to before he was 9?

"...he appears to be interpreti­ng his own prosecutio­n guidance very liberally indeed," Nice to see the CPS is doing something right.”

“I see no problem with that, as long as we pay them for the time spent commuting.   If we want them to do as they're told and want them to be seen, then they are working - don't try to pretend they are "off duty." People who are off-duty can wear what they darn well please.

“Yeah, why talk about jobs when you can attend a seminar with potential donors to your next election campaign?”

“Do they have to tell patients the same thing about tape worms?

“Single issue groups are always outraged and angry. 
They don't understand that politics is the art of the possible.”