Zack Hellard

Interesting how these plans are almost exclusively about the quality of teaching, failing to address actual ‘Mickey-Mouse degrees’ Also; judging a course purely on its employability (outside of how well it is taught)? This will just lead to a raid on the humanities- not good!

This list of finalists to replace James Bond falls far short of the role- have we ran out of talented and undeniably attractive mid-30s actors? I am not a movie critic and could (and hopefully will) be wrong about this, but it feels more like the lineup of Downton Abbey- not 007

Why does an online form have a “daily capacity”? Even after noting it could take 72 hours to respond to them The NHS is a wonderful thing, but it so desperately needs deep administrative and internal reform. God forbid you be unwell beyond the 8AM race for appointments

Once again, Sir Humphrey Appleby has been proven correct- we need“to protect us against the French!" Jokes aside, why? If our enemies are close enough for conventional weapons/drones to matter, a nuclear exchange seems inevitable- do they mean the Arrow 2/3 system?

Reading works by John Hoskyns tonight, and one of his positions struck me Has Britain been in decline for so long that the issues and decline overall have become accepted as institutional, therefore beyond reform? A positive feedback loop from discontinuity in diagnosing issues

And so, another door closes for the youth of tomorrow. Entrusted with the vote at 16, but Heaven forbid they have their own forum to express issues that uniquely impact them and their peers

Everyone seems to be neglecting the one true measure related to this sudden European swing of Canada They are joining Eurovision for the first time in 2027

Important to remember this number neglects to include students- most aged 16-21 (and some beyond) are actively engaged in studies and likely not employed as a result When students are removed, the % falls to around 15-16%~, certainly still bad but less bleak than 21%

Pius VIII’s plan to replace the Church of England is finally moving forward after 197 years

Why is there so much hate for the UN moving from the Mercator map, a distorted map for 16th century sea travel, to a more accurate depiction of the globe? Yes- there are bigger global issues, but the UN is not a single person in an office prioritising maps over famine or war

In the 1940s we had Bevin Boys, now we have Burnham Boys 10,000 'work experience roles' does not change the UK's massive job shortage. This is, at best, a temporary appeasement for a generation grasping for opportunities, not a long-term solution for the ~ 1 million NEETs.

Because countries with masses of highly educated yet unemployed youth tend to do well long-term… Having asked around my course, very few plan to remain in the UK to work or live. I fear an exodus of both youth and graduates is becoming inevitable Something must be done

Major (recent) droughts in 2018, 2022, 2025, and 2026, yet no new reservoirs since 1992, albeit with one in the works Our climate is rapidly changing and making us more vulnerable, so why is our attitude towards water usage and storage evolving so slowly?

Having the drive to complete your A Levels is an achievement on its own. I am sure Jeremy Clarkson has much wiser words about how the results matter less than the effort you put in and the learned resilience As Churchill said, the world “is meant to be wooed and won by youth.”

I do not think enough young people realise that attending university was effectively free from the end of the Second World War until 1998, and now our student loans are being charged interest at RPI And yet I am certain our debts will somehow still be blamed on us

Why does it feel like the UK is now in perpetual cycles of putting out new fires with little attention to future catastrophes or events on the horizon? As many massive, but predictable, issues are coming to light now, we keep digging ourselves deeper until a catastrophic failure

Using reserves and challenging admin/wages are short term solutions only As universities, such as Lincoln, Exeter, et al. are in this boat, growing problems with the culture, attraction, and finances in HE are to blame and need long-term solutions- not just headline bonuses