6 Jul
4:45pm, 6 Jul 2024
43,213 posts
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Nellers
Agreed, Muttley. There ought to be a premium on education, whatever it is you learn. Education should be a preparation for life, not just for work. And on the PPE (Politics/Philosophy/Economics rather than the Covid PPE issue!) it seems to have had a terrible impact on the standard of government we've suffered. |
6 Jul
4:59pm, 6 Jul 2024
17,411 posts
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jda
I think it's only fair to point out that the course attracts people who are intending to go into politics. That's a handicap that the best lecturers in the world might struggle to overcome. However it's also true that it trains people to bullshit plausibly based on a rather superficial level of knowledge. And it doesn't take a genius to predict how that might not turn out well. |
6 Jul
5:58pm, 6 Jul 2024
9,888 posts
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simbil
Didn't BoJo do classics rather than PPE? PPE might have helped the chap I reckon.
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6 Jul
6:02pm, 6 Jul 2024
22,638 posts
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rf_fozzy
I'm intrigued as to how many universities offer classics as a degree these days....
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6 Jul
6:08pm, 6 Jul 2024
32,723 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed the Rwanda deportation scheme is "dead and buried", on his first full day as prime minister. The Labour leader said he would end the "gimmick" of deporting migrants arriving in the UK illegally to Rwanda, which was established by the previous Conservative government. Labour campaigned on a manifesto pledge to scrap the scheme, which has already cost around £310m, promising a more effective approach to tackling illegal immigration to replace it. At his first press conference since entering Number 10, Sir Keir told journalists: "The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started." |
6 Jul
6:38pm, 6 Jul 2024
8,634 posts
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um
Fozzy : 23 universities offer 253 courses. One if my daughters did Classical Civislisations at Nottingham |
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6 Jul
6:44pm, 6 Jul 2024
22,639 posts
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rf_fozzy
um wrote: Fozzy : 23 universities offer 253 courses. One if my daughters did Classical Civislisations at Nottingham Thanks |
6 Jul
8:56pm, 6 Jul 2024
28,405 posts
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richmac
Johnny Blaze wrote: Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed the Rwanda deportation scheme is "dead and buried", on his first full day as prime minister. The Labour leader said he would end the "gimmick" of deporting migrants arriving in the UK illegally to Rwanda, which was established by the previous Conservative government. Labour campaigned on a manifesto pledge to scrap the scheme, which has already cost around £310m, promising a more effective approach to tackling illegal immigration to replace it. At his first press conference since entering Number 10, Sir Keir told journalists: "The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started." Didn't Rwanda say they would give us the money back if the policy was cancelled? |
6 Jul
9:04pm, 6 Jul 2024
20,389 posts
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Dave W
Nope. I read that it was not recoverable.
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6 Jul
9:10pm, 6 Jul 2024
17,413 posts
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jda
I'm sure it'ss been pointed out already, but according to wikipedia, it looks like Starmer has achieved the notable record of the lowest vote share of any UK government for as far back as meaningful records exist (about 1850ish), apart from one brief moment of a minority govt in the 1920s.
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