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Only just got round to watching this week’s PMQs which saw Corbyn absolutely hammer the PM who seemed ill-prepared particularly on her flagship grammar school policy.

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bigjohnowls

1st like Jezza

bigjohnowls

2nd like May (unless you have Sandpits eyes)

Alistair

Other key take away from the LA Times tracker, no change in support amongst women.

AndyJS

Hague often bested Blair at PMQs. A fat lot of good it did him.

Lucian_Fletcher

Tories who deny this are just plain wrong.

BUT. If she has a particular policy she wants to push through, against the hearts of a decent proportion of her own MPs, she has to do it now when she's too new for internal opposition to coalesce.

And Corbyn's going to be crap on most other occasions.

Alistair

It also looks like the LA Times tracker doesn't ahve a LV screen. Instead it tracks likelihood to vote at the bottom. Which has Democrats more likely to vote than Republicans - which is basically unheard of.

TheScreamingEagles

Theresa May = Gordon Brown in kitten heels.

I think she only looked good because she was up against Mother Superior Andrea Leadsom

FrancisUrquhart

Yet another new thread...and not about GBBO... ;-)

Philip_Thompson

FPT was this such a bad idea for the Tories?

Philip_Thompson said:

taffys said:

I suspect many tories will be furious May has given labour a topic they can unite around

Why, there's nearly four years to go still in this Parliament, plenty more time to have multiple united and divided moments.

To be Machiavellian for a moment then getting Labour to unite behind Corbyn in the final week of their Leadership campaign is quite an achievement

Alistair

Amazing, a person who's only significant contribution over the last 6 years was a disingenuous back stabbing speech supposedly in favor of Remain and who has otherwise has been totally anonymous turns out to be totally anonymous.

FrancisUrquhart

A group of Black Lives Matter activists including a cousin of Ralph Fiennes, a former Oxford University student and an organic farmer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3788741/Black-Lives-Matter-activists-admit-charges-City-Airport-protest.html

Even Sacha Baron Cohen at his best couldn't come up with this...I iz hear for hat Black Lives Matter...but you are white...iz black in my heart and iz come from the ghetto of Oxford.

Sunil_Prasannan

September 14th 2016 = Cannae
June 2020 = Zama

TheScreamingEagles

If she can't defend/sell her flagship policy then she's got major performance issues.

She should remember the stories are ruthless. An absolute monarchy moderated by regicide.

Sunil_Prasannan

TheScreamingEagles said:

Theresa May = Gordon Brown in kitten heels.

I think she only looked good because she was up against Mother Superior Andrea Leadsom

Yet it's Theresa wot got her Sainthood!

Sunil_Prasannan

TheScreamingEagles said:

If she can't defend/sell her flagship policy then she's got major performance issues.

She should remember the stories are ruthless. An absolute monarchy moderated by regicide.

Where's yer Dave now?

Sunil_Prasannan

FrancisUrquhart said:

A group of Black Lives Matter activists including a cousin of Ralph Fiennes, a former Oxford University student and an organic farmer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3788741/Black-Lives-Matter-activists-admit-charges-City-Airport-protest.html

Even Sacha Baron Cohen at his best couldn't come up with this...I iz hear for hat Black Lives Matter...but you are white...iz black in my heart and iz come from the ghetto of Harrow.

Yo, Dave! Dey is ignorant people!

Pulpstar

Jezza has been playing rope a dope for the past year

TOPPING

Headline on BBC news: Theresa May is under attack.

Then the Corbyn "united everyone against it" quote.

LadyBucket

The hysteria that surrounds PMQs, especially by commentators is frankly just ridiculous.

The PM has a million things on her plate and it showed today. She should cut the jokes and just be the serious politician that she is and if it bores the media to death, then so be it.

MaxPB

Pulpstar said:

Jezza has been playing rope a dope for the past year

Get the Tories to remove Dave and reveal himself as a political operator of the Mandelson class?

AndyJS

Is Juncker really only 61? He looks about 10 years older.

Lucian_Fletcher

FrancisUrquhart said:

Yet another new thread...and not about GBBO... ;-)

I've been banging my head on the desk at the importance attached in social media circles to the innuendo of Mel and Sue to British life.

TOPPING

Lucian_Fletcher said:

Tories who deny this are just plain wrong.

BUT. If she has a particular policy she wants to push through, against the hearts of a decent proportion of her own MPs, she has to do it now when she's too new for internal opposition to coalesce.

And Corbyn's going to be crap on most other occasions.

But why on earth does she want to push it through? There really doesn't seem to be a sensible "expert" (!) who agrees with her. Her point about one and a quarter million children in failing schools doesn't seem to be addressed by creaming off the best talent of those schools.

And neither did she announce a wholesale reorganisation of education, of which grammar schools, together with technical colleges, support for under performing and under resourced schools, and so forth were just one part.

It is just baffling.

Pulpstar

AndyJS said:

Is Juncker really only 61? He looks about 10 years older.

Another thing he shares in common with Farage

Eau de Lush will do that...

Lucian_Fletcher

LadyBucket said:

The hysteria that surrounds PMQs, especially by commentators is frankly just ridiculous.

The PM has a million things on her plate and it showed today. She should cut the jokes and just be the serious politician that she is and if it bores the media to death, then so be it.

I agree to a certain extent. It was the effort to get anti-Jezza jibes in at the end of his questions which I felt was the worst part. Clunky and somewhat inauthentic. Like a poor Dave tribute act.

Sunil_Prasannan

http://news.sky.com/story/libya-and-the-unpicking-of-david-camerons-legacy-10577659

Libya and the unpicking of David Cameron's legacy

With his legacy unraveling, just how will history judge David Cameron: not just as the man who failed on the EU but now on Libya?

Lucian_Fletcher

TOPPING said:

Lucian_Fletcher said:

Tories who deny this are just plain wrong.

BUT. If she has a particular policy she wants to push through, against the hearts of a decent proportion of her own MPs, she has to do it now when she's too new for internal opposition to coalesce.

And Corbyn's going to be crap on most other occasions.

But why on earth does she want to push it through? There really doesn't seem to be a sensible "expert" (!) who agrees with her. Her point about one and a quarter million children in failing schools doesn't seem to be addressed by creaming off the best talent of those schools.

And neither did she announce a wholesale reorganisation of education, of which grammar schools, together with technical colleges, support for under performing and under resourced schools, and so forth were just one part.

It is just baffling.

Some people REALLY love grammar schools.

[Deleted User]

Have we got so used in the Miliband / Corbyn years to having the PM stomp the LOTO that it comes as a genuine shock when the LOTO has a goodish day? Chill Winstons!

Paristonda

She's taken the Thatcher comparison to her head, and seems to be acting like she is all-powerful, and that she will do what she wants when she wants. Squandering her honeymoon capital very quickly on Grammar schools - and people/media starting to get restless over Brexit means Brexit. She needs to win her own mandate before it all falls apart. The idea that she can just glide through the biggest shake up in UK politics since the 2nd world war - and sweep an easy 2020 election on the other side, is not going to wash.

Her game plan seems a bit Hillaryesque - relying on the shitness of her opponent to coast through.

FrancisUrquhart

Lucian_Fletcher said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Yet another new thread...and not about GBBO... ;-)

I've been banging my head on the desk at the importance attached in social media circles to the innuendo of Mel and Sue to British life.

Its the biggest scandal ever...it was top story on 6pm news last night, more important than Cameron going or boundary review on Newsnight...

Sunil_Prasannan

Lucian_Fletcher said:

TOPPING said:

Lucian_Fletcher said:

Tories who deny this are just plain wrong.

BUT. If she has a particular policy she wants to push through, against the hearts of a decent proportion of her own MPs, she has to do it now when she's too new for internal opposition to coalesce.

And Corbyn's going to be crap on most other occasions.

But why on earth does she want to push it through? There really doesn't seem to be a sensible "expert" (!) who agrees with her. Her point about one and a quarter million children in failing schools doesn't seem to be addressed by creaming off the best talent of those schools.

And neither did she announce a wholesale reorganisation of education, of which grammar schools, together with technical colleges, support for under performing and under resourced schools, and so forth were just one part.

It is just baffling.

Some people REALLY love grammar schools.

Why not? I went to Grammar School too.

Free at the point of use, unlike Dave and TSE's old schools.

CarlottaVance

She’s also given a huge boost to Corbyn who handled himself extremely well.

Yes, this was Corbyn's best PMQs.

Yes, it will help cement his leadership of the Labour party.

Yes, this is a disaster for the Conservatives

HYUFD

Cameron's worst moment in his period as opposition leader was when he disowned grammar schools with the consequent hit in the polls it produced. Of course Corbyn will throw some of his anti grammar school phrases back at May. However nobody votes on one poor question time, 59% of Tory voters back more grammars and 51% of UKIP voters back them according to yougov. Those are the only stats which matter for May as they are the voters who will give her a majority in 2020

HurstLlama

FPT

@PlatoSaid

What pray is wrong with drinking champagne at breakfast? Four glasses may be a little excessive but, perhaps, not if one is thirsty or planning for an idle morning.

AndyJS

Opinium polling shows a plurality support grammar schools in every age group:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/14/why-theresa-may-feels-she-can-teach-britain-to-love-grammar-scho/

"But where will the Prime Minister find the fiercest opposition? The only people who are emphatically against grammar schools turns out to be in this survey those with doctorates. Nearly half of PhDs surveyed (48 per cent) oppose the idea, with only 30 per cent so far in favour."

Sunil_Prasannan

CarlottaVance said:

She’s also given a huge boost to Corbyn who handled himself extremely well.

Yes, this was Corbyn's best PMQs.

Yes, it will help cement his leadership of the Labour party.

Yes, this is a disaster for the Conservatives

Don't Unseat Jeremy Corbyn Association

TOPPING

HYUFD said:

Cameron's worst moment in his period as opposition leader was when he disowned grammar schools with the consequent hit in the polls it produced. Of course Corbyn will throw some of his anti grammar school phrases back at May. However nobody votes on one poor question time, 59% of Tory voters back more grammars and 51% of UKIP voters back them. Those are the only stats which matter for May as they are the voters who will give her a majority in 2020

Maybe. But it slightly undermines her No.10 lectern speech telling us how her government was going to be one for everyone, not just the children of pointy-elbowed Tory voters.

FF43

The whole point of the grammar schools manoeuvre was to pander to the base. If she can't get support there (which surprises me), it's dead. It certainly doesn't have any merit in educational policy terms.

edmundintokyo

Alistair said:

It also looks like the LA Times tracker doesn't ahve a LV screen. Instead it tracks likelihood to vote at the bottom. Which has Democrats more likely to vote than Republicans - which is basically unheard of.

IIUC it's a single panel, so if their original sample is wonky, which is probably is, all their polls will be wonky. But that means you can see the trends quickly without as much sampling error noise.

glw

Patrick said:

Have we got so used in the Miliband / Corbyn years to having the PM stomp the LOTO that it comes as a genuine shock when the LOTO has a goodish day? Chill Winstons!

It's a hot day and the Corbynites, Remainiacs, and continuity Cameroons are all getting a bit overexcited.

Alistair

From another forum I read:

Media responses to today's PMQs has been overwhelmingly positive for Corbyn, as far as I can see, almost as if the massive media conspiracy to unseat Jeremy Corbyn is suspended whenever he actually does his job competently.

CarlottaVance

HYUFD said:

Cameron's worst moment in his period as opposition leader was when he disowned grammar schools with the consequent hit in the polls it produced. Of course Corbyn will throw some of his anti grammar school phrases back at May. However nobody votes on one poor question time, 59% of Tory voters back more grammars and 51% of UKIP voters back them according to May. Those are the only stats which matter for May as they are the voters who will give her a majority in 2020

It's a terrible idea:

YouGov revealed last month that nearly six in ten people (62%) would get their child to sit the entrance exam for a grammar school if there was one locally, whilst two thirds (67%) would send their child to a grammar school if they passed the exam.

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2016/09/09/new-map-shows-where-new-grammar-schools-would-be-m/

TOPPING

FF43 said:

The whole point of the grammar schools manoeuvre was to pander to the base. If she can't get support there (which surprises me), it's dead. It certainly doesn't have any merit in educational policy terms.

There are probably fewer Tories against repeal of the Hunting Act than are against grammar schools.

Paul_Bedfordshire

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

MonikerDiCanio

Lucian_Fletcher said:

LadyBucket said:

The hysteria that surrounds PMQs, especially by commentators is frankly just ridiculous.

The PM has a million things on her plate and it showed today. She should cut the jokes and just be the serious politician that she is and if it bores the media to death, then so be it.

I agree to a certain extent. It was the effort to get anti-Jezza jibes in at the end of his questions which I felt was the worst part. Clunky and somewhat inauthentic. Like a poor Dave tribute act.

Corbyn's a far more attractive figure than May. In a fairytale he'd be cast as a wizard while she's a hole-in-one witch.

TOPPING

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

59% of Cons voters and 51% of Kippers (51% dear god, not even all Kippers FFS) does not a majority make.

Speedy

Hell has frozen over.
And this was just yesterday:
https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/775701180815175681

OGH is praising Corbyn, or that as an old liberal he hates grammar schools more than Corbyn.

FrancisUrquhart

Will the last journo out of the Telegraph please remember to turn off the lights...

http://order-order.com/2016/09/14/boris-hires-telegraphs-david-blair-speechwriter/

MaxPB

The government need to come up with answers on grammar schools and non grammar schooling fast.

TOPPING

Speedy said:

Hell has frozen over.
And this was just yesterday:
https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/775701180815175681

OGH is praising Corbyn, or that as an old liberal he hates grammar schools more than Corbyn.

Interesting if you read the exchange below the tweet, "disappointed that Corbyn campaign didn't use my full name" says Laura Marcus.

Marcus...Marcus...got a strange ring to it...

edmundintokyo

Speedy said:

Hell has frozen over.
And this was just yesterday:
https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/775701180815175681

OGH is praising Corbyn, or that as an old liberal he hates grammar schools more than Corbyn.

The impressive thing about the serious punters on this site isn't so much how insightful they are, although they are, as how quickly they reverse themselves on new evidence.

Richard_Nabavi

As one of the political commentators said when Theresa May became leader: the job of Prime Minister is not as easy as David Cameron made it look. The half-baked grammar school announcement - which frankly makes little sense however you look at it - is a significant own-goal for no particular advantage; there's little or no chance of it actually happening, at least in this parliament (and she's said there is not going to be an early election, so neither does it make sense as a marker for the next). It is, furthermore, a waste of valuable political capital; a wasting asset which she should allocate to something more useful, such as making a decision on the new runway.

Paul_Bedfordshire

Speedy said:

Hell has frozen over.
And this was just yesterday:
https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/775701180815175681

OGH is praising Corbyn, or that as an old liberal he hates grammar schools more than Corbyn.

I suspect the latter. We had months of this sort of excited reportng of something going wrong for the leave camp before the referendum, bless him.

Pulpstar

edmundintokyo said:

Speedy said:

Hell has frozen over.
And this was just yesterday:
https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/775701180815175681

OGH is praising Corbyn, or that as an old liberal he hates grammar schools more than Corbyn.

The impressive thing about the serious punters on this site isn't so much how insightful they are, although they are, as how quickly they reverse themselves on new evidence.

"The first cut is the cheapest"

Paul_Bedfordshire

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

59% of Cons voters and 51% of Kippers (51% dear god, not even all Kippers FFS) does not a majority make.

You forgot to add all the Labour and Libdem voters who are keen on them, just like Remain did.

MaxPB

Richard_Nabavi said:

As one of the political commentators said when Theresa May became leader: the job of Prime Minister is not as easy as David Cameron made it look. The half-baked grammar school announcement - which frankly makes little sense however you look at it - is a significant own-goal for no particular advantage; there's little or no chance of it actually happening, at least in this parliament (and she's said there is not going to be an early election, so neither does it make sense as a marker for the next). It is, furthermore, a waste of valuable political capital; a wasting asset which she should allocate to something more useful, such as making a decision on the new runway.

Indeed, if there is political capital available then the third runway is a much better place to spend it. Formulate a real schools reform plan and put it to the people in 2020 as a manifesto commitment. This feels like a waste of time. Whatever people want to say about it being cover for Brexit or red meat for backbenchers the PM is using precious political capital on something that will nevrr make it through both houses in tact.

HYUFD

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

59% of Cons voters and 51% of Kippers (51% dear god, not even all Kippers FFS) does not a majority make.

It does when you add in a plurality of LDs too. You do not need 51% under FPTP to get a majority, you need 35 to 40%

Pong

@Pulpstar fpt - I rebacked trump @ ~3.3 when the Clinton/trump book went down to 91%. I also built up an exposure for the first time in months by laying the combined sanders/Biden @~7%.

Basically I'm treading water right now until the debates - the only position I'm taking is against the field.

Rough figures;

Clinton/trump +18.5
Biden/sanders -2.5
Others >=+18

Pulpstar

I don't think PMQs really affects the public (as much as political journos get excited about it) - but it does affect backbench relations...

AndyJS

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

Richard_Nabavi

Pong said:

@Pulpstar fpt - I rebacked trump @ ~3.3 when the Clinton/trump book went down to 91%. I also built up an exposure for the first time in months by laying the combined sanders/Biden @~7%.

Basically I'm treading water right now until the debates - the only position I'm taking is against the field.

Rough figures;

Clinton/trump +18.5
Biden/sanders -2.5
Else >=+18

That's a superb book. Did you get there by backing Trump significantly when he was at very long odds?

HYUFD

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

Exactly right, metropolitan liberals we know dislike grammars, provincial Middle England is rather more enthusiastic for them

TOPPING

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

59% of Cons voters and 51% of Kippers (51% dear god, not even all Kippers FFS) does not a majority make.

You forgot to add all the Labour and Libdem voters who are keen on them, just like Remain did.

Translation please.

HYUFD

MaxPB said:

The government need to come up with answers on grammar schools and non grammar schooling fast.

Technical schools as Ken Baker proposed would be a start but plenty of selective areas like Trafford have excellent high schools

bigjohnowls

LOL

Sun Politics ‏@SunPolitics 41m
Our #PMQ verdict: A 3-3 draw, as Cameron’s ghost haunts Theresa May, says @MrHarryCole;

Sean_F

Entirely O/T, but I found this article about Islam from Sean Gabb to be interesting.

https://thelibertarianalliance.com/2016/09/13/against-islamophobia/

HurstLlama

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Speedy said:

Hell has frozen over.
And this was just yesterday:
https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/775701180815175681

OGH is praising Corbyn, or that as an old liberal he hates grammar schools more than Corbyn.

I suspect the latter. We had months of this sort of excited reportng of something going wrong for the leave camp before the referendum, bless him.

Remember also the Llama Conjecture, "For betting purposes, the consensus of opinion on PB is usually wrong".

HYUFD

TOPPING said:

HYUFD said:

Cameron's worst moment in his period as opposition leader was when he disowned grammar schools with the consequent hit in the polls it produced. Of course Corbyn will throw some of his anti grammar school phrases back at May. However nobody votes on one poor question time, 59% of Tory voters back more grammars and 51% of UKIP voters back them. Those are the only stats which matter for May as they are the voters who will give her a majority in 2020

Maybe. But it slightly undermines her No.10 lectern speech telling us how her government was going to be one for everyone, not just the children of pointy-elbowed Tory voters.

You can be for everyone and aim for policies in the best interests of everyone even if not supported by everyone

Sean_F

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

A good education for me, but not for thee.

PlatoSaid

HurstLlama said:

FPT

@PlatoSaid

What pray is wrong with drinking champagne at breakfast? Four glasses may be a little excessive but, perhaps, not if one is thirsty or planning for an idle morning.

*hic*

Morris_Dancer

Good afternoon, everyone.

bigjohnowls

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

59% of Cons voters and 51% of Kippers (51% dear god, not even all Kippers FFS) does not a majority make.

You forgot to add all the Labour and Libdem voters who are keen on them, just like Remain did.

Translation please.

Vous avez oublié d'ajouter tous les électeurs Dem travail et Lib qui tiennent à eux, aiment juste rester a fait.

Sunil_Prasannan

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

Couldn't have said it better myself, Andy!

HurstLlama

bigjohnowls said:

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

59% of Cons voters and 51% of Kippers (51% dear god, not even all Kippers FFS) does not a majority make.

You forgot to add all the Labour and Libdem voters who are keen on them, just like Remain did.

Translation please.

Vous avez oublié d'ajouter tous les électeurs Dem travail et Lib qui tiennent à eux, aiment juste rester a fait.

PlatoSaid

AndyJS said:

Opinium polling shows a plurality support grammar schools in every age group:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/14/why-theresa-may-feels-she-can-teach-britain-to-love-grammar-scho/

"But where will the Prime Minister find the fiercest opposition? The only people who are emphatically against grammar schools turns out to be in this survey those with doctorates. Nearly half of PhDs surveyed (48 per cent) oppose the idea, with only 30 per cent so far in favour."

Quite. This is ideology vs average voter territory.

Stark_Dawning

I agree with many of posters on this thread - the return to educational selection is a potential elephant trap for the Tories and a massive uniting force for Labour. May needs to ensure that the first round of selection occurs after the next election. When the majority of parents see their children shunted off to secondary modern schools, it's going to cause vast resentment that will fester for years. Corbyn could ride the wave of that resentment straight into Downing Street.

TheScreamingEagles

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

CarlottaVance

HYUFD said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

Exactly right, metropolitan liberals we know dislike grammars, provincial Middle England is rather more enthusiastic for them

Metropolitan voters on the other hand - those Strongly in Favour of Grammar schools include:

1. Bexley
2. Windsor and Maidenhead
3. Kensington and Chelsea
4. Croydon
5. Hammersmith and Fulham
9. Barnet
10. Hillingdon
11. Harrow
13. Kingston upon Thames
15. Bromley
20. Thurrock
21. Greenwich
23. Buckinghamshire
25. Wandsworth
28. Ealing
30. Medway
37. Richmond upon Thames

HYUFD

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

Although even the privately educated back grammars according to yougov, only by a little less than the grammar educated, only metropolitan liberals who went to private schools are opposed. Indeed yougov showed even a plurality of those who went to comprehensive and secondary modern schools back their return

CarlottaVance

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

How will you ever know?

Sunil_Prasannan

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

TSE = Public School Twit

Sean_F

Stark_Dawning said:

I agree with many of posters on this thread - the return to educational selection is a potential elephant trap for the Tories and a massive uniting force for Labour. May needs to ensure that the first round of selection occurs after the next election. When the majority of parents see their children shunted off to secondary modern schools, it's going to cause vast resentment that will fester for years. Corbyn could ride the wave of that resentment straight into Downing Street.

Corbyn couldn't ride a bike down the street.

bigjohnowls

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

Churchill Syndrome!!

TheScreamingEagles

CarlottaVance said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

How will you ever know?

Because lots of non privately educated people have turned out to be successes.

Sean_F

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

And modest, with it.

TheScreamingEagles

Sean_F said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

And modest, with it.

I have a lot to be modest about

Paul_Bedfordshire

HYUFD said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

Exactly right, metropolitan liberals we know dislike grammars, provincial Middle England is rather more enthusiastic for them

Yep. Sooner or later it will dawn on the Wets that Theresa is setting out to do to them what Cameron tried to do and failed to do to the right of the party (because he couldnt win a decent majority and he lost the referendum and couldnt deliver the coup de grace).

She knows there is a vast reservoir of ukip voters out there to bring home and the wets have nowhere else to go other than the libdems.

The grammar schools policy costs nothing. The big change was academies and free schools. The new policy will allow some of them to tinker with selection policies, expand and change their name while sending an almighty dog whistle to former voters lodged with the kippers.

By 2020 the new law will be in place but few if any schools will have converted. The clear message is. Only a Tory government can deliver a grammar school in YOUR town. If you vote UKIP you risk letting Labour in who will block this.

TOPPING

bigjohnowls said:

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

TOPPING said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

59% of Cons voters and 51% of Kippers (51% dear god, not even all Kippers FFS) does not a majority make.

You forgot to add all the Labour and Libdem voters who are keen on them, just like Remain did.

Translation please.

Vous avez oublié d'ajouter tous les électeurs Dem travail et Lib qui tiennent à eux, aiment juste rester a fait.

大声地笑

logical_song

MonikerDiCanio said:

Lucian_Fletcher said:

LadyBucket said:

The hysteria that surrounds PMQs, especially by commentators is frankly just ridiculous.

The PM has a million things on her plate and it showed today. She should cut the jokes and just be the serious politician that she is and if it bores the media to death, then so be it.

I agree to a certain extent. It was the effort to get anti-Jezza jibes in at the end of his questions which I felt was the worst part. Clunky and somewhat inauthentic. Like a poor Dave tribute act.

Corbyn's a far more attractive figure than May. In a fairytale he'd be cast as a wizard while she's a hole-in-one witch.

Never thought of that before:
Wizard = Clever bloke
Witch = Evil woman
Probably a tiny bit unfair.

SimonStClare

'Her’s was one of the worst PM performances in years'

Cameron was always going to be a tough act to follow, he was superb at the dispatch box.

Sean_F

TheScreamingEagles said:

Sean_F said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

TheScreamingEagles said:

AndyJS said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

The privately educated are aghast because they fear their monopoly on the best jobs might come under threat if grammar schools are brought back. Their clever trick of supporting comprehensive schooling in order to seem liberal-minded, while actually entrenching their position, looked like it was going to carry on forever.

What bollocks. I didn't need a fabulous education to be a sucess in life.

And modest, with it.

I have a lot to be modest about

It's hard to be humble when you're from Yorkshire.

taffys

There are surely better ways of making life better for capable poor kids than grammars.

1. compulsory streaming

2. Stronger protection of those who want to learn from those who don;t. Abolishing this nonsense about the bully or trouble maker as victim.

TOPPING

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

HYUFD said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

Exactly right, metropolitan liberals we know dislike grammars, provincial Middle England is rather more enthusiastic for them

Yep. Sooner or later it will dawn on the Wets that Theresa is setting out to do to them what Cameron tried to do and failed to do to the right of the party (because he couldnt win a decent majority and he lost the referendum and couldnt deliver the coup de grace).

She knows there is a vast reservoir of ukip voters out there to bring home and the wets have nowhere else to go other than the libdems.

The grammar schools policy costs nothing. The big change was academies and free schools. The new policy will allow some of them to tinker with selection policies, expand and change their name while sending an almighty dog whistle to former voters lodged with the kippers.

By 2020 the new law will be in place but few if any schools will have converted. The clear message is. Only a Tory government can deliver a grammar school in YOUR town. If you vote UKIP you risk letting Labour in who will block this.

oh a policy for deluded selfish idiots.

Got it.

PlatoSaid

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

HYUFD said:

Paul_Bedfordshire said:

Yep.

Theresa may is under attack. The entire establishment and all the experts are aghast at her plans to bring back Grammar Schools.

In fact, everyone thinks that she is an idiot to do it except one ill informed group who are probably racists and bigots anyway - most of the voters.

Exactly right, metropolitan liberals we know dislike grammars, provincial Middle England is rather more enthusiastic for them

Yep. Sooner or later it will dawn on the Wets that Theresa is setting out to do to them what Cameron tried to do and failed to do to the right of the party (because he couldnt win a decent majority and he lost the referendum and couldnt deliver the coup de grace).

She knows there is a vast reservoir of ukip voters out there to bring home and the wets have nowhere else to go other than the libdems.

The grammar schools policy costs nothing. The big change was academies and free schools. The new policy will allow some of them to tinker with selection policies, expand and change their name while sending an almighty dog whistle to former voters lodged with the kippers.

By 2020 the new law will be in place but few if any schools will have converted. The clear message is. Only a Tory government can deliver a grammar school in YOUR town. If you vote UKIP you risk letting Labour in who will block this.

Good post.

Alistair

I can see questions are being to be asked about TRump's health

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/776041069913989120

Animal_pb

MaxPB said:

Richard_Nabavi said:

As one of the political commentators said when Theresa May became leader: the job of Prime Minister is not as easy as David Cameron made it look. The half-baked grammar school announcement - which frankly makes little sense however you look at it - is a significant own-goal for no particular advantage; there's little or no chance of it actually happening, at least in this parliament (and she's said there is not going to be an early election, so neither does it make sense as a marker for the next). It is, furthermore, a waste of valuable political capital; a wasting asset which she should allocate to something more useful, such as making a decision on the new runway.

Indeed, if there is political capital available then the third runway is a much better place to spend it. Formulate a real schools reform plan and put it to the people in 2020 as a manifesto commitment. This feels like a waste of time. Whatever people want to say about it being cover for Brexit or red meat for backbenchers the PM is using precious political capital on something that will nevrr make it through both houses in tact.

The problem re: the third runway is that it probably has to be Heathrow, and that hits the flightpath immediately above TM's own constituency.

I have to say, as one of her constituents (I live just a mile or so away from her Berkshire pied a terre), she's worrying about it overmuch. We don't really care that much about it.

Stark_Dawning

I wonder how they will decide which school in each town becomes a grammar and which will be turned into secondary moderns? Presumably some sort of drawing lots will take place. Will the thick kids currently attending the winner be allowed to stay, or will they be shunted out?

FrancisUrquhart

Alistair said:

I can see questions are being to be asked about TRump's health

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/776041069913989120

This whole election is one giant clusterf##k....CBS have been caught editing video of Bill Clinton "misspeaking", rather than just showing the interview and then having clarification / correction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmECSdH5IS4

Cyclefree

The single most important thing this government has to do is sort out Brexit. If that goes wrong then the government will be in no position to help those it wants to help.

May's political capital needs to be used sparingly and sensibly on getting that right and getting it through Parliament.

I have no strong feelings on grammar schools. The issues seem to me to be what happens to those children who don't go to such schools and is it really sensible to have yet another educational reorganization.

Also, if any of the stories about the NHS being in crisis are even remotely true, she will need to deal with this. A Tory party obsessing about grammars and overseeing an NHS crisis is not going to be in a good position.

Cameron was brought down by hubris. May and the Tories will be too if they assume complacently that Labour can't win.

Pong

Richard_Nabavi said:

Pong said:

@Pulpstar fpt - I rebacked trump @ ~3.3 when the Clinton/trump book went down to 91%. I also built up an exposure for the first time in months by laying the combined sanders/Biden @~7%.

Basically I'm treading water right now until the debates - the only position I'm taking is against the field.

Rough figures;

Clinton/trump +18.5
Biden/sanders -2.5
Else >=+18

That's a superb book. Did you get there by backing Trump significantly when he was at very long odds?

Actually, no.

Most of the book value came from trading the nevertrumps during the priumaries.

Cruz, Jeb, Romney,Ryan,Bloomberg & Johnson were all good trades for me.

I balanced the book against trump before the dem convention, which bumped the book value up by ~30% - but the few other times I've taken positions on Clinton/trump, the market has moved against me before I got out.

I'm not sure I'm very good at reading the tea leaves when it comes to Clinton vs trump.