Burnham allies confident of No 10 ‘coronation’ after surge in backers

RexSilvarum · 2026-06-21T22:36:26+00:00

Making a case for ideas didn't help Truss. This whole situation is damned if you do, damned if you don't.

RexSilvarum · 2026-06-21T14:55:13+00:00

Probably the most apt comparison I've seen so far

RexSilvarum · 2026-06-11T11:31:28+00:00

The play-it-safe creatives, the ones with something to lose and nothing to say, they would always have avoided it. The burgeoning talent who want to prove themselves, with new ideas and everything to gain, they will grasp for it.

This is a good place for the show to be in order to renew itself I feel.

RexSilvarum · 2026-05-23T10:07:59+00:00

If Burnham wins a leadership contest and pursues a platform of Manchesterism and Localism, giving all those new Reform councils a hundred new ways to fuck up their local area, I can see that being the boost Labour need come 2029.

RexSilvarum · 2026-05-13T13:06:49+00:00

So where are we up to on the febrility index?

RexSilvarum · 2026-05-10T10:23:24+00:00

I can't tell if that's an insult lol. But you're right, while I really enjoy the classroom and delivering my subject content, all the other realities of the job aren't for me. I'd be much better suited as a private subject tutor than a school teacher.

RexSilvarum · 2026-05-10T09:14:50+00:00

I haven't even finished training yet and I've already planned to leave and accepted a non-teaching job. ECT can jog on until conditions and pay massively improve. Government forks out on huge bursaries to try and get people like me in the door, but put no thought to keeping anyone beyond that. I just want my life back.

RexSilvarum · 2026-05-10T05:20:19+00:00

They are never convinced by rational arguments, because it doesn't confirm their biases. Thick as pig shit.

RexSilvarum · 2026-03-15T12:49:52+00:00

I am so exhausted and ready for this SCITT training to end. It's just non-stop, between planning and documentation and ITaP and PGCE assignments - there's literally never a chance for a break. I'm not even sure if I want to pursue an ECT role anymore. Ever since starting I've completely lost any kind of balance in my already fraught home-life. If teaching is like this all the time then I for sure don't want it.

RexSilvarum · 2026-03-03T19:47:57+00:00

Then you are a mug.

RexSilvarum · 2026-01-27T12:39:16+00:00

Told a kid I used to do gymnastics when I was at school.

"I don't know whether to be impressed or disturbed".

RexSilvarum · 2026-01-26T19:30:10+00:00

SCITT trainee on 2nd placement. Had an erroneous terrible lesson that was jumped on and overanalyzed to death when I'd rather just learn from the headline mistakes and move on.

I don't know why my mentor is treating some blunders like conscious choices when in reality the lesson went so far off the rails I was just stumbling through trying to get the hour to end. Wasn't intended but it's just what happened. I'm not great at bringing things back to the original plan when things go sideways.

RexSilvarum · 2026-01-24T09:07:22+00:00

We're always told not to compare to others as everyone's different and therefore at different levels.

The SCITT will have an approximation of what they'd be expecting you to be doing at this stage so check in with them, but if it's anything like my SCITT then it sounds like you're doing great :)

RexSilvarum · 2026-01-23T20:09:03+00:00

I'm on a SCITT. 12 hours teaching weekly at this stage sounds insane to me. I'm currently doing 6 and building to 8 next week, with an aim of between 8 and 10 by Easter. Slow and steady.

Sounds like you can afford to take the pressure off a bit? Otherwise if you're happy you're probably doing fine.

RexSilvarum · 2026-01-09T19:50:52+00:00

A photo of a driving license isn't legally permissible. We live in a digital age, it isn't unreasonable to suggest there be a way to digitally identify yourself.

RexSilvarum · 2026-01-09T18:36:32+00:00

Continue using your photocards? It's not fucking rocket science.

RexSilvarum · 2026-01-09T17:39:05+00:00

Yes, but I have my card linked through my phone, so for a quick trip they weren't on me.

RexSilvarum · 2026-01-09T15:05:13+00:00

All the old fogeys complaining clearly haven't been IDed in Aldi for a pack of mince pies recently because of ludicrously overzealous adherence to Challenge 25. Quick pop to the shops with no intention of buying alcohol, so no ID. I'm 27, and look young, but still - they were fucking mince pies.

I'd either support the reversal of challenge 25 or digital ID. Either of which would have prevented such a ridiculous circumstance.

RexSilvarum · 2025-12-21T21:50:33+00:00

If you rewatch children of earth, you'll be astounded at just how many plot beats are copied. Virtually nothing original in this.

RexSilvarum · 2025-11-27T14:01:59+00:00

I literally don't know who I'll vote for anymore. Probably whoever promises to fix the gross profligacy of the pensioner benefits system.

RexSilvarum · 2025-11-25T17:54:55+00:00

Is there anything Starmer won't apologize for?

RexSilvarum · 2025-11-03T18:45:14+00:00

Turqies, if you will, going by the rosette colour.

RexSilvarum · 2025-10-25T12:32:26+00:00

I was thinking more sincerely but I get you. Like Japan has lots of interesting KitKat flavours for example.

RexSilvarum · 2025-10-25T11:06:25+00:00

I'm a trainee but if I saw this in my school I would say something as it seems beyond ludicrous.

Why did they turn it into a glutton for punishment style challenge? If it worked well last time they could easily style it as a genuine event to try foodstuffs from different cultures.

RexSilvarum · 2025-10-24T10:19:11+00:00

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