@SuellaBraverman So what would a wise Government need to do if those modest outcomes were to be generally encouraged and enabled without damaging many of the good things that we currently enjoy)?
@Wytherman@Paul_Briley@campbellclaret@RoryStewartUK Interesting ... what procedure might be imagined that might enable us to move on to framing and adopting a Constitution that did have the necessary power? On the other hand, what would a formally framed Constitution actually contain?
@NorthRoadCycles It's Capitalism. It works very well indeed for Capitalists and it's regularly voted into power by people who have been led to believe that the Conservative Party is a reliable defender of their personal (rather than public) interests.
@Sosban_in_Exile@warwickmansell My experience as a pupil was a year in Canada - no uniform, no problems: Return to England - uniform, minor problems with occasional disruptive consequences. As a teacher and occasional researcher my general conclusion is that uniform is more about social inequality than learning
@TBHonestlizz By some Labour supporters. Not all. Politics is all about majorities, and majorities tend to be mainstream. The mind can dream of the best possible, but the heart does tend to settle for "what works"
@TBHonestlizz My memory is that he was perceived (by some, at least) of being driven by Trotskyist theory. This seemed to be too specific and uncomfortable for those who wanted Labour to stay moderate and broadly based. "spot on" for readers of Marx and Engels, but less so for a majority.
@krassenstein@asmotek My theory is that anyone who uses the word "conspiracy" in the political context of a liberal democracy just now needs to do some serious work on extending their vocabulary and sharpening their mind.
@SquireTrelawne2@MichaelRosenYes@clivetaylor915@pisocolins Basically, the English in general have no well-established pedagogy. We are out of our depth when it comes to evaluating intentions, processes or outcomes. Individual experience is all we have.
@DocPhoenix I think it might be wrong to suppose that the number of subjects directly or consistently affects the reliability or value of a study. The research aims and the care taken with observation, methodology and data analysis will all need to be appropriately considered.
We need all schools to be well resourced and well supported by well trained teachers and enabled by the best equipment, premises and facilities we can afford.
@GeorgeMonbiot Can you define "conspiracy theories" for me and offer a real-life example of one? I am assuming that the phrase doesn't just mean "lies"
@alexhallhall @TBHonestlizz I am ashamed (as a former teacher of Government and Politics in a Sixth Form College) to have read such careless nonsense from a duly elected politician.
@AndyatAuto@HowarthCharles When did "motorists' "rights" become a thing? Driving a vehicle on a highway is subject to all sorts of requirements and prohibitions.