I was suspended from school for ‘creating a culture of gambling’ because I owned a poker set which we’d play with during lunchtimes.

Additionally in the comparison with China, it involves taking risks and being willing to accept costly failure which politicians and voters aren’t willing to tolerate. And with general lack of British capital that risk aversion makes sense but there’s a degree of the self-fulfilling prophecy.

“Pele, who I assume is one of the greats”

Things can only get… worse??

They have a really great little museum too!

So a Colombian military dictatorship would be justified in invading it by force and seizing it against the wishes of the Panamanian people?

I think in reality speaking to most doctors, it’s not actually pay that is motivating strike action but rather the lack of training posts. Yes, certain individuals are radicalised on the point of ‘pay restoration’ but they are the vocal minority.

There aren’t!

I like this one personally for how odd it is. Why do people need to be told to sit and why does it need to be stated in such a bizarre way?

Utter woke nonsense decision

This is what Karl Popper was warning us about with the paradox of tolerance

Wait, Sam Bidwell is working for both Katie Lam and Robert Jenrick…

The cancellation of HS2 to Manchester the one big bad blot on his tenure. Incredibly shortsighted.