Excellent post by Heresiarch highlighting how the government pursues "policy based evidence-making".

"Because nobody feels the pain better than a millionaire"

Great fisk of Gove's proposals for the history curriculum.

Alix once again hits the nail on the head by pointing out how despite general Tory protestations of a hands-off approach, Michael Gove is intending to write the History syllabus himself.

"When’s it time for lunch? This guy’s a bit intense." Short but brilliant.

The conservatives recon they can "save" £13 billion by raising the state pension age for men alone. Do the figures add up? What do you think?

Sums up all that is wrong with the education system today. Read it and dig it!

Is Sarah Brown the most powerful woman in Britain? Please God no.

"The threat is not Big Brother, but Computer Says No."

... but it took our expert 12 minutes to clone one, and programme it with false data. (Yup, once again it's the Daily Mail, not exactly the paper of choice for most civil liberties campaigners, leading the way with investigative reporting into the dangers to our civil liberties posed by the government.)