I disagree with the header that Nuttall would be under pressure to resign as leader even if he wins but I think that is an entirely academic issue. He is not going to win, probably not even come second. It looks a good bet, may even pay off on Friday.
Not sure you should use the word "academic" in relation to Dr Nuttall, whose PhD in football stadium policing is widely cited.
"Like most of his speeches and appearances on the campaign trail, Trump's addresses to CPAC have been wild and unpredictable. Looking back at them, one begins to see how he fed off of the audience and used the conference to try to develop his political persona. Here are some of his top moments since he first addressed CPAC in 2011:
The private school nearest to me is an eye-watering price, but the results are no better than the local comp. Their fields are good to ride horses up the side of though.
it's not what you learn, it's who you hang around with. The art of the private school.
I can't see Nuttall lasting long, especially if he doesn't get elected. His actions and words have been easy targets, and he just doesn't have the feel of a credible leader. Maybe no one can actually lead UKIP as there doesn't really seem to be a need for them post the referendum.
Glad you are here, Mr Stopper. I see your Brigade is recruiting again, after an alleged five year hiatus. What is that all about?
18 months ago, we were all anointed with the black spot of redundancy. Now, we struggle to turn pumps out if we get much more than a bit o' burnt toast. It's actually only a ruse to try and up the diversity quotas, we only really want to recruit from certain demographics. As one of our senior managers told a certain table full of stale pale males a couple of weeks ago, "We want to recruit firefighters for the next 30 years, not the last 30 years................"
OK, thanks. No surprise for me at least. Just out of idle curiosity has the fire service sorted out shared basic training yet or is each brigade still doing its own thing (I did some work as a consultant at the strategic leadership level a few years ago and wonder if anything really came of it).
O/T ... a bit anyway. What do you well-informed chaps think of the proposal in Essex for the PCC to take over as the Fire and well as the Police authority? Going out for an hour just now, so if any questions I'll deal with them when I return.
Well, Mr. Cole many years ago the police forces in many parts of England also ran the ambulance services through the Watch Committees and County Authorities, so there is a precedent for combining more than one emergency service under a single authority. The fire Service was never part of that scheme though.
On the whole, I would be against giving the office of PCC greater scope at this time. The role has yet to bed in and prove itself effective in the job that it has now, I think it would be a bad idea to give people who are struggling with their present job more responsibilities.
Mr L, Mr S, you have confirmed my thoughts. We have a 'consultation' with the questions wriiten to enable support to be assumed, but I've worked my way through it and voted, so far as I can, against. It's could to have my opinions confirmed.
Getting rather fed up with Mikes obsession with Nuttall. I personally don't see 6-4 as value in any way shape or form, but as usual Mike is talking his own book up. Whatever happened to the great "independant" blogger Mike Smithson
From my own experience, the main advantage of a private education is the smaller class sizes, the one on one teaching we got if we needed it.
I hear of schools with class sizes of 30 or more, and I can't comprehend it.
On the experience of my children the main advantage of private education is the highly motivated and competitive class environment which demands the best of the children. The ethos is very different from my experience of state schools where it was not "cool" to be clever or work hard or even be particularly ambitious.
Much of this comes from the parents who are paying of course but the fact that those who do not subscribe to that ethos can be winnowed out and removed (something State schools inevitably find far more difficult) helps enormously.
In Dundee fees are about £11,000 a year now but have been increasing much faster than inflation for the last decade. I'm glad I am on my last!
My girls' school was £345 a term, meals were £25 same period. That was Newcastle 1978 with little increases until I left 6th form. What's the inflation price now?
16 grand in London minimum. 20 grand average.
But almost certainly with far smaller classes than 30 years ago, which means more teachers, and a wider range of sports coached by ex-internationals with more equipment, including all the machines you'd expect in a high-end executive health club or whatever they call gyms these days, and a laptop and tablet for every child -- while in state schools they still have to use pens!
mainly, but not all the case. Certainly a lot better. Pupils use computers but you pay extra for that. our local private school was using the park until recently. The computer room though looks like a film set, effing beautiful and looks like NASA.
She was the one who was in charge when the Brazilian electrician got shot. Public sector accountability at work as usual.
Truly? What odds the appointment is withdrawn following outrage in that case I wonder.
With the media restrictions on anything too party-political tomorrow for the by-elections, there's a good chance of this appointment making most of the front pages. Hacks are probably chasing down the family of Mr de Menezes now for comment.
This school is going to be massively oversubscribed....
Yup, but the really important question is why? What is it about this new school that will attract so many parents to pay out of their taxed income to get their children into it? What will this new, untried and untested school offering that the local authority schools, that are there for no fee, are not?
I read that the people who have set up this school are planning to set up similar one's all across the North. If not they, then someone else will set up similar chains in the Midlands and the South.
So if it works something is being said about our taxpayer-financed schools and LEAs. I am not sure I am comfortable about what this will mean in terms of educational apartheid in a few years to come, but it might be very hopeful sign of improvement in our dreadful educational system (e,g, just suppose someone sets up a chain of schools concentrating on vocational education and the LEAs job is to funnel the cash where the pupils want to go for the parents who cannot afford the very modest fees).
This school is going to be massively oversubscribed....
Yup, but the really important question is why? What is it about this new school that will attract so many parents to pay out of their taxed income to get their children into it? What will this new, untried and untested school offering that the local authority schools, that are there for no fee, are not?
I read that the people who have set up this school are planning to set up similar one's all across the North. If not they, then someone else will set up similar chains in the Midlands and the South.
So if it works something is being said about our taxpayer-financed schools and LEAs. I am not sure I am comfortable about what this will mean in terms of educational apartheid in a few years to come, but it might be very hopeful sign of improvement in our dreadful educational system (e,g, just suppose someone sets up a chain of schools concentrating on vocational education and the LEAs job is to funnel the cash where the pupils want to go for the parents who cannot afford the very modest fees).
Because it combines affordability with parents who DEFINITELY send their kid to school to learn. The state sector has the former, and private the latter. Grammar schools have both too, but can't be created for political reasons.
From my own experience, the main advantage of a private education is the smaller class sizes, the one on one teaching we got if we needed it.
I hear of schools with class sizes of 30 or more, and I can't comprehend it.
On the experience of my children the main advantage of private education is the highly motivated and competitive class environment which demands the best of the children. The ethos is very different from my experience of state schools where it was not "cool" to be clever or work hard or even be particularly ambitious.
Much of this comes from the parents who are paying of course but the fact that those who do not subscribe to that ethos can be winnowed out and removed (something State schools inevitably find far more difficult) helps enormously.
In Dundee fees are about £11,000 a year now but have been increasing much faster than inflation for the last decade. I'm glad I am on my last!
Yes, it's absolutely the ethos of the school that makes the difference, alongside the engagement of parents.
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how this experiment works out, a cut-price private education with the right emphasis could be hugely popular among the genuinely middle-class - who now find themselves priced out of educating their children in the same way that they were educated themselves.
From my own experience, the main advantage of a private education is the smaller class sizes, the one on one teaching we got if we needed it.
I hear of schools with class sizes of 30 or more, and I can't comprehend it.
On the experience of my children the main advantage of private education is the highly motivated and competitive class environment which demands the best of the children. The ethos is very different from my experience of state schools where it was not "cool" to be clever or work hard or even be particularly ambitious.
Much of this comes from the parents who are paying of course but the fact that those who do not subscribe to that ethos can be winnowed out and removed (something State schools inevitably find far more difficult) helps enormously.
In Dundee fees are about £11,000 a year now but have been increasing much faster than inflation for the last decade. I'm glad I am on my last!
That too, my parents and grandparents were obsessed with my education.
The time I got just an A instead of an A*, it was like the end of the world for them.
This school is going to be massively oversubscribed....
Yup, but the really important question is why? What is it about this new school that will attract so many parents to pay out of their taxed income to get their children into it? What will this new, untried and untested school offering that the local authority schools, that are there for no fee, are not?
I read that the people who have set up this school are planning to set up similar one's all across the North. If not they, then someone else will set up similar chains in the Midlands and the South.
So if it works something is being said about our taxpayer-financed schools and LEAs. I am not sure I am comfortable about what this will mean in terms of educational apartheid in a few years to come, but it might be very hopeful sign of improvement in our dreadful educational system (e,g, just suppose someone sets up a chain of schools concentrating on vocational education and the LEAs job is to funnel the cash where the pupils want to go for the parents who cannot afford the very modest fees).
Children usually reflect their parents attitudes; by excluding parents unwilling to do more than the very minimum they are legally mandated to do then you're also excluding a good number of children with the same attitude.
My girls' school was £345 a term, meals were £25 same period. That was Newcastle 1978 with little increases until I left 6th form. What's the inflation price now?
I believe inflation has averaged a little more than 4% in the period, which works out to about a 500% increase over 40 years - i.e. £1,800 a term.
I suspect that the price of a private school in Newcastle is probably around £3,500 - 4,000 per term, so about 6-7% annual inflation.
Mr. wasd, some years ago a US study found the biggest factor in religion was the religion of one's parents, perhaps unsurprisingly. Political leanings might be seen in a similar light.
Mr. Eagles, good line for getting the apathetic to vote.
From my own experience, the main advantage of a private education is the smaller class sizes, the one on one teaching we got if we needed it.
I hear of schools with class sizes of 30 or more, and I can't comprehend it.
From this review of the research, we can scientifically document several important findings about reduced class size, which local school districts may find useful:
•Smaller classes in the early grades (K-3) can boost student academic achievement; •A class size of no more than 18 students per teacher is required to produce the greatest benefits; •A program spanning grades K-3 will produce more benefits than a program that reaches students in only one or two of the primary grades; •Minority and low-income students show even greater gains when placed in small classes in the primary grades; •The experience and preparation of teachers is a critical factor in the success or failure of class size reduction programs; •Reducing class size will have little effect without enough classrooms and well-qualified teachers; and •Supports, such as professional development for teachers and a rigorous curriculum, enhance the effect of reduced class size on academic achievement.
Mr. wasd, some years ago a US study found the biggest factor in religion was the religion of one's parents, perhaps unsurprisingly. Political leanings might be seen in a similar light.
Mr. Eagles, good line for getting the apathetic to vote.
Mr Dancer, not so much political leaning, although that might be the case. Definitely work ethic I would say. If you see your parents lounging around doing sod-all all day, it will look like the normal thing to do. Its conspicuously the case in people close to me, lazy parents mostly have lazy kids - well, more lazy than most kids anyway
If you parents are not interested in your assignments, don't take an interest in your school work, don't attend parents evenings etc, most kids are going to figure its not something they should be interested in either. With private schools there is nothing like a 5 grand bill every year to focus minds on the importance of education!
There is clear evidence of this in families with 3rd generation long term unemployed, where the kids don't see why they should be bothered to get a job when the state will take care of them and they can do what they want with their life, in effect they feel its their right to play on their xbox at the public expense!
Mr. wasd, some years ago a US study found the biggest factor in religion was the religion of one's parents, perhaps unsurprisingly. Political leanings might be seen in a similar light.
Mr. Eagles, good line for getting the apathetic to vote.
Unsurprising. It would be very odd if the parents culture didn't at least get partially transmitted down to their offspring.
From my own experience, the main advantage of a private education is the smaller class sizes, the one on one teaching we got if we needed it.
I hear of schools with class sizes of 30 or more, and I can't comprehend it.
From this review of the research, we can scientifically document several important findings about reduced class size, which local school districts may find useful:
•Smaller classes in the early grades (K-3) can boost student academic achievement; •A class size of no more than 18 students per teacher is required to produce the greatest benefits; •A program spanning grades K-3 will produce more benefits than a program that reaches students in only one or two of the primary grades; •Minority and low-income students show even greater gains when placed in small classes in the primary grades; •The experience and preparation of teachers is a critical factor in the success or failure of class size reduction programs; •Reducing class size will have little effect without enough classrooms and well-qualified teachers; and •Supports, such as professional development for teachers and a rigorous curriculum, enhance the effect of reduced class size on academic achievement.
No matter how good the canvas returns are you can't tell that sort of margin. It sounds like the usual call to get the people there for knocking up as it is the 'too close to call' message.
So my close sources in Tories are happy with the job they have done in both Stoke and Copeland. They're not favourites in either they say, but Copeland should be a closer result. UKIP insiders say they know they are disorganized and Nuttall is media failure but they reckon that people don't care. They say postal votes likely to win Stoke for Labour. I'm still forecasting 2 Labour holds.
This school is going to be massively oversubscribed....
Yup, but the really important question is why? What is it about this new school that will attract so many parents to pay out of their taxed income to get their children into it? What will this new, untried and untested school offering that the local authority schools, that are there for no fee, are not?
I read that the people who have set up this school are planning to set up similar one's all across the North. If not they, then someone else will set up similar chains in the Midlands and the South.
So if it works something is being said about our taxpayer-financed schools and LEAs. I am not sure I am comfortable about what this will mean in terms of educational apartheid in a few years to come, but it might be very hopeful sign of improvement in our dreadful educational system (e,g, just suppose someone sets up a chain of schools concentrating on vocational education and the LEAs job is to funnel the cash where the pupils want to go for the parents who cannot afford the very modest fees).
Because it combines affordability with parents who DEFINITELY send their kid to school to learn. The state sector has the former, and private the latter. Grammar schools have both too, but can't be created for political reasons.
It has to do with the *bottom* 10-20%, the kids and parents who don't give a shit about school, who stop others learning and bully those who appear introverted.
This isn't something to which the answer is streaming and setting, as it's a problem as much of the playground as the classroom. It will only get fixed when headteachers in state schools have real authority to exclude the small percentage of unruly pupils who ruin the education of all the others.
This school is going to be massively oversubscribed....
Yup, but the really important question is why? What is it about this new school that will attract so many parents to pay out of their taxed income to get their children into it? What will this new, untried and untested school offering that the local authority schools, that are there for no fee, are not?
I read that the people who have set up this school are planning to set up similar one's all across the North. If not they, then someone else will set up similar chains in the Midlands and the South.
So if it works something is being said about our taxpayer-financed schools and LEAs. I am not sure I am comfortable about what this will mean in terms of educational apartheid in a few years to come, but it might be very hopeful sign of improvement in our dreadful educational system (e,g, just suppose someone sets up a chain of schools concentrating on vocational education and the LEAs job is to funnel the cash where the pupils want to go for the parents who cannot afford the very modest fees).
Because it combines affordability with parents who DEFINITELY send their kid to school to learn. The state sector has the former, and private the latter. Grammar schools have both too, but can't be created for political reasons.
It has to do with the *bottom* 10-20%, the kids and parents who don't give a shit about school, who stop others learning and bully those who appear introverted.
This isn't something to which the answer is streaming and setting, as it's a problem as much of the playground as the classroom. It will only get fixed when headteachers in state schools have real authority to exclude the small percentage of unruly pupils who ruin the education of all the others.
Start withdrawing all benefits from parents who's children get excluded for ten times as long as the exclusion period. And add compulsory custodial sentences for assault on teachers.
Off-topic, but I watched a Channel 4 programme last night about the best place to live in the UK. Leyland won with Warrington second (hmm ... it was using the youngish as the demographics of choice), but the interesting part was when they discussed London.
They stated that many London-born people move out, with house prices being a big factor, and they are often replaced by immigrants to the country. I assume that's accurate.
If so, then surely Brexit could act as a partial solution to the housing crisis there. Assuming fewer immigrants into the capital, then the population could fall. House prices would fall in line and there'd be an eventual equilibrium at a lower level.
UKIP believe they have enough pledges to win Stoke.Whether they can defeat the postal votes and get pledgers out in atrocious weather is another matter.
Off-topic, but I watched a Channel 4 programme last night about the best place to live in the UK. Leyland won with Warrington second (hmm ... it was using the youngish as the demographics of choice), but the interesting part was when they discussed London.
They stated that many London-born people move out, with house prices being a big factor, and they are often replaced by immigrants to the country. I assume that's accurate.
If so, then surely Brexit could act as a partial solution to the housing crisis there. Assuming fewer immigrants into the capital, then the population could fall. House prices would fall in line and there'sdbe an eventual equilibrium at a lower level.
Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving.
Indeed. I moved in my road of 100 houses in 1997. Since then about 50 houses have been sold. Not one single British family has moved in. Mainly Europeans. To rent in our road is now £3k per month. Most are ex-pats or EU staff Our road is ordinary terrace street. Many Europeans are now saying they will leave London. I like them, but house prices will fall and that's good for my children. Brexit here we come
Hmm. Backed Labour at 3.5 in Copeland. Happy with that. Unsure of dabbling elsewhere. Might put a smidgen on the blues at 8 (the double, Lab-Copeland, Con-Stoke, is 14 though).
Anyway, to France: Macron has shortened again, Fillon lengthened a smidge. Macron back to joint favourite (Ladbrokes all these numbers) with Le Pen at 2.75, Fillon out to 3.25.
However, Le Pen's all the way out (with Betfair) at 3.75.
Mr. Pulpstar, I wonder. Labour has the NHS card in Copeland, and a reportedly sound candidate, whereas Stoke is hobbled by low turnout, two terrible candidates (UKIP and Labour) and might be in play.
Anyway, if Labour win Copeland *or* Conservatives win Stoke, I'll be content.
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If it's the other way around I shall be miffed.
Edited extra bit: the Ladbrokes double is for Labour to win Copeland and lose Stoke, so a UKIP win there would also pay out.
Edited extra bit 2: Mr. G, that would explain the shortening of Macron's odds.
"Asked to draw a car that summed up the Labour party, the group produced sketches of clapped-out old bangers, variously on bricks, or in one case with a steering wheel at each end “because they don’t know which way they’re going”.
The Tory party was likened to a Rolls-Royce or limousine, with the passengers drinking champagne and “mowing down the poor”.
The drawings of vehicles that represented Ukip all included either the St George’s Cross or the union flag – and in one case a union flag on top of a swastika “because I’m not sure what to think of them”. "
That's exactly how I would have imagined working class people in Stoke see the three parties. I know everyone here is writing off UKIP, but if they win in it will look so obvious in hindsight.
From my own experience, the main advantage of a private education is the smaller class sizes, the one on one teaching we got if we needed it.
I hear of schools with class sizes of 30 or more, and I can't comprehend it.
38 in my Year 11 maths class.
So that's why you couldn't get into Fen Poly and had to slum it at Cowley Tech.
Ha ha. No. It's why I ended up doing a geography degree. When you're in a class of 38, it's very easy to be intimidated by those who have the advantage of having help with maths at home. I didn't realize how good I was at maths - it's what I wish I had done.
Mike says of Corbyn " I’m of the view that two LAB holds tomorrow would make it easier for him to stand aside". Quite convoluted reasoning for that but I can see why you say it. Nevertheless for me even just one Labour loss on Thursday would still pretty much guarantee an early Corbyn exit if only because it would become impossible to ignore impending oblivion even in the most stubborn Labour mind and whatever excuses Corbyn came up with wouldn't cut the mustard any longer. However as two Lab holds are the far more likely outcome betting on Corbyn hanging on longer than Nuttall is fair enough. Corbyn was always a GE disaster in the making not a by-election one where local issues hold more sway, activists can spare the time and you are not electing a PM.
Am told by a reliable source that the Tories will be throwing t'kitchen sink in Stoke tomorrow in GOTV operations.
I'm still in two minds, can Corbyn survive a Tory win in Stoke, now that Blair and Mandleson are back making nuisances of themselves again?
Corbyn can survive anything because it's impossible to remove him if he doesn't want to go. The only exception to this is if McDonnell says that enough is enough, which he would probably do if Labour lost Stoke.
Lots of problems with that, not least that the big version will require motoring insurance etc, and the smaller version will not get through the barriers and chicanes which litter our cycle routes.
Though it would get through this one, designed to keep out all bikes which are wider than a bus - if the electricator can lift 55 kilos over the kerb:
The weight needs to be half of the current figure.
Don't take that bet, it is absolubtely horrible. 1,400 - 1 would be nearer the mark given the negative correlation between those results.
I pondered the related contingency factor on that bet yesterday and I'm not convinced the odds of the double should be much different to simply multiplying the singles together.
The voters in Stoke are very different to the voters in Copeland.
I'm happy enough to threat them as two separate byelections for doubles purposes on that bet.
Mr. Pulpstar, I wonder. Labour has the NHS card in Copeland, and a reportedly sound candidate, whereas Stoke is hobbled by low turnout, two terrible candidates (UKIP and Labour) and might be in play.
Anyway, if Labour win Copeland *or* Conservatives win Stoke, I'll be content.
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If it's the other way around I shall be miffed.
Look at the margin to overcome though, 8.4% swing in Stoke needed; 3.25% in Copeland.
In addition to that the Tories are coming from third in Stoke whereas Copeland is obviously a straight and clear Lab-Tory battle.
Also Tory helpers (@David_Herdson) etc have been doing the rounds in Copeland, whereas a 25 year old candidate has been chosen in Stoke. That is a sure sign they weren't THAT serious about it at the start.
Nuttall might be hopeless but he represents an obstacle for Bereton to come over, whereas Trudy Harrison just has Gillian Troughton to overhaul.
Con-Stoke, Lab-Copeland is just one I can't see - if the Tories are strong enough to win Stoke then Copeland falls.
Don't take that bet, it is absolubtely horrible. 1,400 - 1 would be nearer the mark given the negative correlation between those results.
I pondered the related contingency factor on that bet yesterday and I'm not convinced the odds of the double should be much different to simply multiplying the singles together.
The voters in Stoke are very different to the voters in Copeland.
I'm happy enough to threat them as two separate byelections for doubles purposes on that bet.
Mr. Pulpstar, on the other hand, UKIP is an easier option for disenchanted Labour voters than jumping to the Conservatives. Nuttall could siphon off Labour support.
Mr. Pulpstar, on the other hand, UKIP is an easier option for disenchanted Labour voters than jumping to the Conservatives. Nuttall could siphon off Labour support.
I could be wrong, but in my experience Labour diehards just do not make a straight switch to the Tories. I have heard the term "Tory Boy" used as an insult by working class people all over the country
Am told by a reliable source that the Tories will be throwing t'kitchen sink in Stoke tomorrow in GOTV operations.
I'm still in two minds, can Corbyn survive a Tory win in Stoke, now that Blair and Mandleson are back making nuisances of themselves again?
Corbyn can survive anything because it's impossible to remove him if he doesn't want to go. The only exception to this is if McDonnell says that enough is enough, which he would probably do if Labour lost Stoke.
Might he just break with McDonnell and say he doesnt care because the membership loves him ? He doesn't care about parliament reportedly, so as long as he keeps getting rapturous receptions at Momentum meetings he will probably stay. He might stay anyway if he sees his job as giving influence to StW and assorted other malcontents.
Mr. Pulpstar, on the other hand, UKIP is an easier option for disenchanted Labour voters than jumping to the Conservatives. Nuttall could siphon off Labour support.
The correct price, assuming no correlation as @isam and @pong judge to be correct for Tory-Stoke, Lab-Copeland is 60-1 fyi. Lab-Stoke, Tory-Copeland right now should be 6-5 (Betfair prices)
Might he just break with McDonnell and say he doesnt care because the membership loves him ? He doesn't care about parliament reportedly, so as long as he keeps getting rapturous receptions at Momentum meetings he will probably stay. He might stay anyway if he sees his job as giving influence to StW and assorted other malcontents.
That would be the point for 150 Labour MPs to resign the whip
Mr. Pulpstar, I wonder. Labour has the NHS card in Copeland, and a reportedly sound candidate, whereas Stoke is hobbled by low turnout, two terrible candidates (UKIP and Labour) and might be in play.
Anyway, if Labour win Copeland *or* Conservatives win Stoke, I'll be content.
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If it's the other way around I shall be miffed.
Look at the margin to overcome though, 8.4% swing in Stoke needed; 3.25% in Copeland.
In addition to that the Tories are coming from third in Stoke whereas Copeland is obviously a straight and clear Lab-Tory battle.
Also Tory helpers (@David_Herdson) etc have been doing the rounds in Copeland, whereas a 25 year old candidate has been chosen in Stoke. That is a sure sign they weren't THAT serious about it at the start.
Nuttall might be hopeless but he represents an obstacle for Bereton to come over, whereas Trudy Harrison just has Gillian Troughton to overhaul.
Con-Stoke, Lab-Copeland is just one I can't see - if the Tories are strong enough to win Stoke then Copeland falls.
Agreed on last point. If Stoke goes Labour in shit street
Is anyone playing in Shadsy's Stoke fourth-place market?
Liberal Democrats 1.36 Conservatives 4.00 UKIP 7.00 Labour 17.00 Greens 26.00
Hope not, its a 122% book #defensive
What price do you think UKIP should be to come 2nd and to come 3rd Richard?
I don't think the Greens are 26.0 - they've put in a paper candidate (Couldn't attend hustings due to work); and made no effort in the seat. The other four parties have made an effort of one sort or another so will all beat the greens.
From my own experience, the main advantage of a private education is the smaller class sizes, the one on one teaching we got if we needed it.
I hear of schools with class sizes of 30 or more, and I can't comprehend it.
38 in my Year 11 maths class.
So that's why you couldn't get into Fen Poly and had to slum it at Cowley Tech.
Ha ha. No. It's why I ended up doing a geography degree. When you're in a class of 38, it's very easy to be intimidated by those who have the advantage of having help with maths at home. I didn't realize how good I was at maths - it's what I wish I had done.
I loved Maths, alongside physics, they were in my top choices of what I was contemplating reading at university, alongside law and history/the classic.
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2584786
"Like most of his speeches and appearances on the campaign trail, Trump's addresses to CPAC have been wild and unpredictable. Looking back at them, one begins to see how he fed off of the audience and used the conference to try to develop his political persona. Here are some of his top moments since he first addressed CPAC in 2011:
https://youtu.be/PlT9fAkj0XU
Much of this comes from the parents who are paying of course but the fact that those who do not subscribe to that ethos can be winnowed out and removed (something State schools inevitably find far more difficult) helps enormously.
In Dundee fees are about £11,000 a year now but have been increasing much faster than inflation for the last decade. I'm glad I am on my last!
I read that the people who have set up this school are planning to set up similar one's all across the North. If not they, then someone else will set up similar chains in the Midlands and the South.
So if it works something is being said about our taxpayer-financed schools and LEAs. I am not sure I am comfortable about what this will mean in terms of educational apartheid in a few years to come, but it might be very hopeful sign of improvement in our dreadful educational system (e,g, just suppose someone sets up a chain of schools concentrating on vocational education and the LEAs job is to funnel the cash where the pupils want to go for the parents who cannot afford the very modest fees).
The state sector has the former, and private the latter. Grammar schools have both too, but can't be created for political reasons.
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how this experiment works out, a cut-price private education with the right emphasis could be hugely popular among the genuinely middle-class - who now find themselves priced out of educating their children in the same way that they were educated themselves.
The time I got just an A instead of an A*, it was like the end of the world for them.
Must be a typo - no mention of what sort of car the LDs have become.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/22/labour-is-clapped-out-banger-on-bricks-according-to-stoke-focus-group?CMP=share_btn_tw
I suspect that the price of a private school in Newcastle is probably around £3,500 - 4,000 per term, so about 6-7% annual inflation.
Feb 20 2017 Bike News
The IRIS eTrike picks up where Sinclair’s C5 left off
Sir Clive Sinclair’s nephew brings new answer to urban mobility
(Lib Dems have urban mobility!)
http://www.bikeradar.com/commuting/news/article/iris-etrike-sinclair-49215/
Trump's getting more coverage than the next 1,000 famous people, per firm tracking value of earned media https://t.co/9IgiDTJrDc
Martin Day, formally of this parish seemed to think so.
@LouiseAnkersLD: @JohnRentoul an idea for a Top 10 - Top Ten ideas that had to be implemented to show they were rubbish.
C5 would be on my list
Mr. wasd, some years ago a US study found the biggest factor in religion was the religion of one's parents, perhaps unsurprisingly. Political leanings might be seen in a similar light.
Mr. Eagles, good line for getting the apathetic to vote.
•Smaller classes in the early grades (K-3) can boost student academic achievement;
•A class size of no more than 18 students per teacher is required to produce the greatest benefits;
•A program spanning grades K-3 will produce more benefits than a program that reaches students in only one or two of the primary grades;
•Minority and low-income students show even greater gains when placed in small classes in the primary grades;
•The experience and preparation of teachers is a critical factor in the success or failure of class size reduction programs;
•Reducing class size will have little effect without enough classrooms and well-qualified teachers; and
•Supports, such as professional development for teachers and a rigorous curriculum, enhance the effect of reduced class size on academic achievement.
Source: http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Class-size-and-student-achievement-At-a-glance/Class-size-and-student-achievement-Research-review.html
If you parents are not interested in your assignments, don't take an interest in your school work, don't attend parents evenings etc, most kids are going to figure its not something they should be interested in either. With private schools there is nothing like a 5 grand bill every year to focus minds on the importance of education!
There is clear evidence of this in families with 3rd generation long term unemployed, where the kids don't see why they should be bothered to get a job when the state will take care of them and they can do what they want with their life, in effect they feel its their right to play on their xbox at the public expense!
Just saying.
This isn't something to which the answer is streaming and setting, as it's a problem as much of the playground as the classroom. It will only get fixed when headteachers in state schools have real authority to exclude the small percentage of unruly pupils who ruin the education of all the others.
They stated that many London-born people move out, with house prices being a big factor, and they are often replaced by immigrants to the country. I assume that's accurate.
If so, then surely Brexit could act as a partial solution to the housing crisis there. Assuming fewer immigrants into the capital, then the population could fall. House prices would fall in line and there'd be an eventual equilibrium at a lower level.
Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving.
https://twitter.com/J_Bloodworth/status/834426623189467136
https://twitter.com/wsj_douglasj/status/834419963335208960
https://twitter.com/NickCohen4/status/834418401653178370
https://twitter.com/chrisshipitv/status/834108096658161664
The agony of choice!
https://twitter.com/election_data/status/834428701320290304
Anyway, to France: Macron has shortened again, Fillon lengthened a smidge. Macron back to joint favourite (Ladbrokes all these numbers) with Le Pen at 2.75, Fillon out to 3.25.
However, Le Pen's all the way out (with Betfair) at 3.75.
https://twitter.com/Birdyword/status/834427314435919873
Anyway, if Labour win Copeland *or* Conservatives win Stoke, I'll be content.
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If it's the other way around I shall be miffed.
Edited extra bit: the Ladbrokes double is for Labour to win Copeland and lose Stoke, so a UKIP win there would also pay out.
Edited extra bit 2: Mr. G, that would explain the shortening of Macron's odds.
"Asked to draw a car that summed up the Labour party, the group produced sketches of clapped-out old bangers, variously on bricks, or in one case with a steering wheel at each end “because they don’t know which way they’re going”.
The Tory party was likened to a Rolls-Royce or limousine, with the passengers drinking champagne and “mowing down the poor”.
The drawings of vehicles that represented Ukip all included either the St George’s Cross or the union flag – and in one case a union flag on top of a swastika “because I’m not sure what to think of them”. "
That's exactly how I would have imagined working class people in Stoke see the three parties. I know everyone here is writing off UKIP, but if they win in it will look so obvious in hindsight.
Though it would get through this one, designed to keep out all bikes which are wider than a bus - if the electricator can lift 55 kilos over the kerb:
The weight needs to be half of the current figure.
The voters in Stoke are very different to the voters in Copeland.
I'm happy enough to threat them as two separate byelections for doubles purposes on that bet.
In addition to that the Tories are coming from third in Stoke whereas Copeland is obviously a straight and clear Lab-Tory battle.
Also Tory helpers (@David_Herdson) etc have been doing the rounds in Copeland, whereas a 25 year old candidate has been chosen in Stoke. That is a sure sign they weren't THAT serious about it at the start.
Nuttall might be hopeless but he represents an obstacle for Bereton to come over, whereas Trudy Harrison just has Gillian Troughton to overhaul.
Con-Stoke, Lab-Copeland is just one I can't see - if the Tories are strong enough to win Stoke then Copeland falls.
Lab-Stoke, Tory-Copeland right now should be 6-5 (Betfair prices)
Mr. Isam, aye, that was my thinking.
Liberal Democrats 1.36
Conservatives 4.00
UKIP 7.00
Labour 17.00
Greens 26.00
What price do you think UKIP should be to come 2nd and to come 3rd Richard?
9.7 is the correct price . So the 14-1 is well worth taking, if you assume no correlation.
I think there is, and it is negative in this case - so I'm swerving it.
I wonder what the price on the double Lab hold seats in that would be?
The other four parties have made an effort of one sort or another so will all beat the greens.
That's how much Corbyn has moved Labour.