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Nick is right and there is also a very dangerous assumption here education is the same as training. Academic study is an inheritance owed to our young people and placing it in opposition to "technical skills" is a betrayal of great left wing thinkers such as Orwell and Tressell.

How do we guard against people selecting routes based on their situation in society?

If I wanted to protect the most prestigious and highly paid jobs for the social groups who usually hold them I'd probably design an education system that discouraged poorer children from studying the entry qualifications for these jobs as early as possible..

Happened again. Theory women outperforming men in ultra events when participation and training became more equal seems to get more real world evidence all the time. Runner on smashing Alps ultramarathon record by 6 days - BBC News share.google/RojZy8dJBSCK...

Runner on smashing Alps ultramarathon record by 6 daysSophie Woods ran the Via Alpina through storms, heat of up to 37C and dodged floods and wildfires across eight countries.share.google

Luis Suarez's career scoring record is insane. I don't think he's ever had a bad season.

Know it won't happen but Farage's political career, corruption finally catching up with him, ending with a defeat to Count Binface would just be a Shakespeare level of epic.

Telegraph continuing to struggle to get to grips with having to accept climate change is actually, inconveniently, an issue.

Amazing to think Terry and Julie must be in their eighties now. Wonder what life gave them.

Astonishing if true. The other animals monkeys keep as pets feels like a side issue tbh.

Got to imagine Kay Matheson never had to buy a drink in Scotland again!

Enjoyed waking up to see the replies to this. Lovely and thank you.

There's a few songs that just tug my heart with such affection and nostalgia for a life I never lived and they do it so economically. Struck again today by "Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night" and "I am a lineman for the county.." What does this for you?

Drive through the Scottish Highlands. It's raining. Windows of mountains through the clouds. Kids struck into rare silence by the awe of the sublime. Melin Wynt by King Creosote on the camper van stereo. Perfect.