The strange success of the Tories’ schools policy

Each chart in British public policy looks roughly the same, runs a joke among the country’s wonk-class. There is gradual improvement from the early 1990s until 2010, and then things become worse. It is a rough-and-ready rule that holds for everything from rough sleeping to real wages to waiting lists at hospitals. After 13 years of Conservative government, the country’s public services are not in fine fettle.