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Money will get you private schools. smaller classes etc. Mrs ecuk268 spent her working life as an infant teacher, mainly reception class and specialising in teaching reading. Some kids came into reception able to read simple sentences whilst some others had never seen a book. Money makes a difference but so does parental attitudes.

Judged on merit if you've had equal opportunities in your formative years.

Growth figures from pre-pandemic up to May 2024

Jonathan Pie as perceptive as ever:

I'm sure that'll get the votes rolling in.

I parked at Gerrards Cross for £1.60. I hate smug people.

I'm from a working-class background, passed the 11+ and went to grammar school in the 60's. Although our school had a wide spectrum of social classes we all got along ok and I never saw any cases of snobbery, inverted or otherwise. The main thing that it gave me was confidence. At the headmaster's welcome meeting he told us that we were there on merit, not because our parents had paid for us and we were as good as any children in the private schools. Society was more class conscious then so that was good to hear. As with others, there was no history of university education in our family so it wasn't until I was in my late twenties that I did my degree. Now retired but consider myself fortunate in that every job I've had (all involving technology in various forms) I've found interesting and generally enjoyed them. I'd hate to have had to get up in the morning to do a job that I hated or was boring. What good education gives you is choice of where you want to go and what path you wish to take in life.

If there are any statistics nerds like me on here this is a very interesting site regarding polling and forecasts etc. https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html If uses a more granular approach by looking at each constituency in depth rather than using the UNS method (Uniform National Swing) which just assumes that a change of vote share is the same across the country.

Rishi has now said that OWTS is his favourite song. Shame he couldn't make the Playoff Final. Probably left it too late to get a ticket, although some had unkindly said that he was advised against going as it wouldn't look good if he got jeered at Wembley.

Fraser Nelson, in that pinko rag The Spectator, did an analysis of the Tories plans using the same methodology and came up with an increase of £3000.

I relied on a friend to renew our 2 tickets. However, the seats we agreed on had gone so he went ahead and got 2 others. Looking at them they are too low down for my taste. I'll give it a go but is it possible to move a season ticket after the season has started?

I've got to move from Block 16 and shouldn't have been able to do it until this morning, but I did it yesterday.

A lot of slightly older and cheaper smartphones don't support NFC.

If it's just a QR code, couldn't you just print out a screen shot?

He didn't want to leave but we needed the cash.

I'd imagine that he'd want 2 or 3 years of Premiership stability with near full-house crowds before considering expansion. It would be a large investment and he didn't get to be a billionaire by spending money without being confident of getting a return.

I'm a bit older and was in Block 548. Bit of a workout getting up there but I manged it without having to stop. Son and 9 year-old grandson went separately. it was his first visit to Wembley and, when we got home, I asked him what he thought. He said that it was the best day of his life.

Avid Saints supporter Rishi wasn't there. He was just up the road in Harrow doing a bit of electioneering.

Used to be a steward at St Marys who'd let you in for a small donation. This was in the late 2000's when we were on the way down so there were always plenty of empty seats.

ULEZ isn't as bad as many think. Petrol cars from 2006 onwards are OK (even some from 2001) and diesel from 2015.

Do you still get ticket touts hanging around outside grounds? I remember the semi-final at Highbury in '84, I was there fairly early but a mate who arrived just before kick-off said that they were practically giving them away.

Got mine yesterday but had to get son and grandson today. About a 40 minute wait but all pretty straightforward.

There's still loads left and they haven't released all of the blocks yet.

There's another car park 5 minutes up the road where it's £1.60 all day as opposed to £8.00 at the station.

Water under the bridge by the time the election comes.