What if…Boris Johnson had gone to a state school?
How different would be Boris Johnson’s personality and politics if he had gone to a state school? SaySo asked a range of experts
Month: October 2020
Our society can’t afford the richest 1%
In these extracts from his book “Inequality and the Social Thinker” Danny Dorling lays bare the impact of the wealthy elite on the rest of society.
Our children are being trained to do jobs that robots and algorithms can already do
Britain’s schools are unfit for the future our children face, says ITVs political editor Robert Peston
By remaining outside the community, private schools are anti-community
State schools need the pushy confident and better-off parents who opt for private education, argues Robert Verkaik
How did a rich, sophisticated borough make so many mistakes?
Community housing expert Anne Power reveals ten lessons learnt from the Grenfell tower disaster
Time to drop the collar round Britain’s neck
Iran is the only other country where clerics make laws, says Steven Kettell who believes it is time to separate church and state
Plastic symbolizes a world of the past that didn’t care enough for the environment
Plastic production is still increasing and no major company has a realistic plan to reduce their use of it, writes Will McCallum
Our farmers can both feed us and fight climate change
Sustainability expert Richard Lindsay says farmers need to play their part in helping to control greenhouse gases.
I’m a human not a customer
Treating people as customers when using public services may do more harm than good, argues Catherine Needham
Just 600 people own most of Scotland
Most of the land in Scotland is still owned by a tiny number of people, says mountaineer and writer John Burns