Look forward in hope, not back in anger

The summer school season is coming to an end. And perhaps it is no harm. The annual bouts of introspection have their uses, of course, and in cases like the Magill school encourage important debate. Policymakers and those who, in the current inelegant jargon, are called "stakeholders"- people affected by policies in certain areas - can meet in a non-confrontational setting and hear each other out. No harm in that; indeed, some good ...