November 2010
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Fox News recuts a UK anti-student-fees march and... →
Idiots. Note that these students were protesting cuts to higher education spending — the opposite of most Tea Party “no big government” policy.
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On student financing
In response to my last post, Michelle wrote:
Shut up and pay for your college education with twenty years of student loan debt like everyone else.
I take her point about the American system, but you should understand that this is not how it’s worked here in Britain historically. I am 32 years old and I did my undergraduate degree between 1996 and 2001. I paid no fees to attend...
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On Masterchef and catchphrase TV
On this cooking competition TV show, a frog and a potato regularly bellow at each other:
Cooking doesn’t get any tougher than this!
Unless you’re a single mum with five kids and £4.31 of left to last a week. Or someone’s stolen all your pans and knives and you have to cater a royal wedding that starts in less than an hour. Or you’ve got no arms. Or it’s only ...
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