Mark Goodrich
@markgoodrich.bsky.social
Was a lawyer, now a primary teacher. Interested in politics, chess, citizenship and education especially reading and maths. Has lived in 🇯🇵🇰🇷and now in 🇱🇦. https://open.substack.com/pub/markgoodrich
In fairness, this has now been changed. I moaned about it and it wax changed minutes later!
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
In fairness, this has now been changed. I moaned about it and it wax changed minutes later!
Gotta laugh. The revised headline doesn’t actually say “professional far-right grifter” but “GB News presenter” is quite close, isn’t it? 🤣
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Gotta laugh. The revised headline doesn’t actually say “professional far-right grifter” but “GB News presenter” is quite close, isn’t it? 🤣
Fair play for correcting pretty quickly in this case.
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Fair play for correcting pretty quickly in this case.
Wow! I never knew the BBC paid so much attention to me!
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Wow! I never knew the BBC paid so much attention to me!
For example, leaseholders may have enfranchised with the freehold price calculated on the basis of generous ground rents.
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 AM
For example, leaseholders may have enfranchised with the freehold price calculated on the basis of generous ground rents.
I am sympathetic to the general approach here because I think there is market failure but equally there are a lot of potential issues in cutting existing ground rents to £250 and then nothing across the board.
January 27, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I am sympathetic to the general approach here because I think there is market failure but equally there are a lot of potential issues in cutting existing ground rents to £250 and then nothing across the board.
Also, it flopping horribly would be much funnier than the irony of watching it.
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Also, it flopping horribly would be much funnier than the irony of watching it.
But isn’t this mainly a product of the forced choice? Would you rather a coalition of the right or the assorted lefties you don’t like? I’d really like to see the question posed with the choice being a Con-Lib coalition or a Con-Reform one.
January 27, 2026 at 9:16 AM
But isn’t this mainly a product of the forced choice? Would you rather a coalition of the right or the assorted lefties you don’t like? I’d really like to see the question posed with the choice being a Con-Lib coalition or a Con-Reform one.
So sorry to hear. His antics greatly enhanced my experience here and in the old place.
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 AM
So sorry to hear. His antics greatly enhanced my experience here and in the old place.
My second boss as a lawyer once spent all day editing a 6 line letter.
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 AM
My second boss as a lawyer once spent all day editing a 6 line letter.
Very plausible. That’s exactly what Sam says happens and this government is still following the “grid” approach he mentions.
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Very plausible. That’s exactly what Sam says happens and this government is still following the “grid” approach he mentions.
It’s a big collective action problem (which I have written about before). However, the more significant accounts like yours are active here, the more people will shift and the less we will feel the need to go there. Looking forward to seeing more of your threads!
January 26, 2026 at 12:13 PM
It’s a big collective action problem (which I have written about before). However, the more significant accounts like yours are active here, the more people will shift and the less we will feel the need to go there. Looking forward to seeing more of your threads!
Yes, that’s proper weird.
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Yes, that’s proper weird.
Oh, and former Brum mayor. Surprisingly small!
January 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Oh, and former Brum mayor. Surprisingly small!
I don’t recognise the guy next to Ruth Davidson but he must be diddy.
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I don’t recognise the guy next to Ruth Davidson but he must be diddy.
Hmm, I think there is something going on with the camera angle because he is fairly tall but not huge. I would estimate at a little over 6 foot. (I was at uni with him and have met him a few times).
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Hmm, I think there is something going on with the camera angle because he is fairly tall but not huge. I would estimate at a little over 6 foot. (I was at uni with him and have met him a few times).
Many many things wrong with this and I know this would probably be bottom of your list but just from a reading perspective….the teacher reading the text aloud is a missed opportunity in improving reading. Paired fluency reading would be better.
January 26, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Many many things wrong with this and I know this would probably be bottom of your list but just from a reading perspective….the teacher reading the text aloud is a missed opportunity in improving reading. Paired fluency reading would be better.
Even better when they come up with a quality recommendation like that!
January 25, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Even better when they come up with a quality recommendation like that!
Sorry to hear that but would love to see you posting some more here.
January 25, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Sorry to hear that but would love to see you posting some more here.
Thanks for reposting! I do think you would get a lot of interest for threads like that here as well. Primary teaching can really illuminate that subjects are not the same - I could see booklets working well in some subjects but not English.
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Thanks for reposting! I do think you would get a lot of interest for threads like that here as well. Primary teaching can really illuminate that subjects are not the same - I could see booklets working well in some subjects but not English.
You’ve gone big on Rayner there!
January 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM
You’ve gone big on Rayner there!