The $ <=> £ rate is really advantageous now for people returning to the UK.
That is quite irrelevant compared to house price growth in the south in the last 8 years. Anyhow, I don’t know if they do want to come back; just wondering if they would if Colorado goes down the toilet.
That’s really pretty funny…
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I have Rupert Sheldrake’s “The Science Delusion.”
It’s a good book, and the title is a mockery of Richard Dawkins’ “The God Delusion”.
Dawkins “The Selfish Gene” was pretty good which I read in my anthropology days, but that’s pretty much the very best evolutionary biology of the 20 century science can do.
20th century scientists were laughing at the “sciences” of the past, but now we are beginning to laugh at the primitivos of the 20th century.
I find that there is a deep lack of critical thinking around the world of discussion forums.
What is absolutely clear is that it appears to be of greater value for people to espouse an opinion and then attack anyone with an oppositional view. Instead of course of debating the merits of the opinion.
Do we have a deeply failed education system? Was the past education system deeply flawed and more importantly is the current education system teaching critical thinking?
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Much misunderstanding and confusing of discussions is seeded in logical fallacies within inferences formulated by readers of things that were not implied by the writer.
As Yogi would say “It ain’t over till it’s over” 
I’m a Thatcher’s child. I think I was in the last batch before the rot started. I went to a state school, a grammar school (which meant I was in the top 10-15% when I sat my 11+). Debating was part of the curriculum and had debating clubs. We often had to play devil’s advocate because no one had the other side of the argument. We questioned everything. I thought that was normal.
I know a lot about the current state of schools. The answer to your last question is yes and no. No to 95%. Those kids are taught what to think, question nothing, tow the line, we are all the same etc and it is everywhere, subliminally as well as in your face. For the 5% at private schools, they deliver what the parents want and pay for. Those parents are like me and my generation. These kids will be the ones running industry in a few decades. Then they will get abuse and labelled privileged. No one ever recognises the hard work, perseverance and will to win that has been drummed into them, that it is their second nature.
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ffs what will they think of next.
What the f*ck are the lefties supposed to do with this special day that has been bestowed upon them
Just started reading it, but I am a slow reader so might be finished before Christmas 
Who’s left handed? I’m not. 
What did Jeremy Clarkson say about left handed people?
I am sort of but more ambidextrous than single handed.
Not sure what jeremy said about them 
but I do know granting a day for left handers is ludicrous.
Well that would be for sure…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzeZfRm-TBI
Muslim yelling Allahu Akbar killed one woman and stabbed another.
Three Brits tackled the POS.
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Another thing I forgot to mention. Private schools teach real life skills. I went to an exhibition at my kids’ senior school where the kids had designed products, gotten funding and taken them to market. It was like a trade show, only in school! They are taught how to write business plans, balance sheets, P&L etc., make their pitch for funding then of course the sales pitch. Their confidence is unbelievable and that is the result of what they do from day one, drama, public speaking, performing.
Although I had a very good academic education, at state school, even all those years ago, I had none of that. Grammar schools were actually great for social mobility because poor kids got to go to top schools (academically) through their own merits. There were tech colleges also where less bright kids got to do something else, such as learn a trade. Everyone is different and in those days it seemed like there was the setup where kids can play to their strengths. Now, everyone is equally intelligent and goes to university. 
That is one reason I believe we are seeing a rise in crime, like knife crime. A whole generation of boys particularly, have been failed. The vast majority of teachers are women. They lack male discipline and direction. The Marxist agenda dictates that no individual talent can be recognised. They are not allowed to find out what they are good at, which is such a waste, because everyone is good at something. It is a matter of finding what.
It made national news in the UK
