Tbf my understanding is that the teaching unions’ main complaint is about work load/pay, so I think there’s a degree of the government is trying to appease them in a way that costs less money (and won’t work)

We've had a "Number 10 spokesperson" briefing to journalists, and reported comments from Burnham in a closed door meeting

That's pissweak. If you can make videos about chicken nuggets or whatever, you can make videos about violent fascists

The median American is also very wealthy, where America really suffers in its income distribution is that the bottom decile is way worse off compared to a lot of Europe because of the lack of safety net

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

Fortunately Howard Shore makes up for it because ‘The Last March of the Ents’ is an absolute banger

I wouldn’t drink by myself in most contexts, but a 2 hour journey from York to London with a gin and tonic, some comfy seats and a book is such a treat

Oh, and 2 of them couldn’t appear in scenes together (Cersei and Bronn)

I think by season 7 there were down to 4 named characters in King’s landing, and 1 of them was a mute undead Gregor clegane

I don’t think it’s that, I think the later problems are with the writing not the acting. However there’s clearly a lack of interest in introducing new characters in king’s landing which definitely kills the political heart of the show

I’ve definitely seen kids attempt that quite a lot