Odyssey

I believe that's why the labour party didn't want to get into a pact with the liberal party and the others because they realised this.

I don't think so somehow. I think the liberals will be damaged for a generation through their coalition with the conservative party. I think Nick Clegg is leading the Liberal Party quite swiftly to the right and once these cuts which they are making (in my opinion too soon) start to take effect, the ordinary liberal voter will not fogive them for it. So I think that what will happen in 5 years' time, or maybe even sooner, is the election of another labour government.

I wouldn't say that Labour f*cked up everything in the last 13 years. There are a lot of good things that they've achieved. I certainly remember how bad the NHS was pre-1997, going into hospitals, long waiting lists and things like that. OK they didn't get everything right with education. Some of the policies didn't work out. Maybe there are too many tests between the ages of 5 and 14. Maybe they did waste some money and put us into a phoney war. But it wasn't all bad.

I'm not sure how politically correct this is and excuse me if it's not, but not meaning to cause any offence, how about The Dulwich BitchesB)

It's good to see that the education of children has been taken seriously for a little while now. Clearly there is still a way to go. But where I think the government have gone too far on reform is that heads/teachers are no longer allowed to punish children. The childrens' rights' campaigners have gone too far. Children are children and should be treated as such. They are not adults.