No. An exeption; but her ministers did and acted against Thatcher, undermining her at every chance. In the end they knifed her. Thats your Tory party.
Thatcher believed in free movement of labour, sad little Englanders don't
Nutty little Europeans believe any tom dick and harry can come here,you wouldn't mind if the England trebled in population and that just down to immigration,how fcuking mad is that.
I don't remember Thatcher ever expressing concern about European immigration. In general, though, it's difficult to guess how historical figures would have reacted to current controversies. A lot of people seem in reality to adopt a position on, say, the "moderate right" or the "hard left" and adopt whatever ideas seem to be current in that part of the spectrum at the time. I was anti-EU in 1973 (it's a capitalist body which will delay socialism in Britain) and I'm pro-EU now (it's a sensible partnership that helps modernise Britain) - is that really because I've reconsidered, or because the terms of the debate have changed and I've moved with my gang? A bit of both, perhaps.
No. An exeption; but her ministers did and acted against Thatcher, undermining her at every chance. In the end they knifed her. Thats your Tory party.
Thatcher believed in free movement of labour, sad little Englanders don't
Nutty little Europeans believe any tom dick and harry can come here,you wouldn't mind if the England trebled in population and that just down to immigration,how fcuking mad is that.
You want to stop all those Brit pensioners having the right to move to France and Spain?
I wanted the EU to stay as it was before we expanded to Eastern Europe,so you got my answer.
I don't remember Thatcher ever expressing concern about European immigration. In general, though, it's difficult to guess how historical figures would have reacted to current controversies. A lot of people seem in reality to adopt a position on, say, the "moderate right" or the "hard left" and adopt whatever ideas seem to be current in that part of the spectrum at the time. I was anti-EU in 1973 (it's a capitalist body which will delay socialism in Britain) and I'm pro-EU now (it's a sensible partnership that helps modernise Britain) - is that really because I've reconsidered, or because the terms of the debate have changed and I've moved with my gang? A bit of both, perhaps.
Cameron preaching about the cost of politics after blowing up to £100 million on the police commissioner farce is amusing.
I am more interested in the link between pay and productivity.
A deferred pay rise for MPs linked to yet to be agreed improvements in productivity would be exactly the right signal for Parliament to send at this stage of the economic recovery.
"Clegg disowning Tory flagship education policy.I wonder what he knows and we don`t"
"The Observer can reveal that a second unqualified headteacher of a free school has quit her post following criticism. Last week the Guardian revealed that Annaliese Briggs, a 27-year-old with no teaching qualifications who had been appointed as headteacher of Pimlico free school in London, had resigned after just three weeks in the job."
Good grief! Surely It's now time for Gove to step down.
Also touches on the living standards 'crisis', do Labour no longer support the 1% public sector wage cap, jobs rather than wages growth as Ed Balls I thought was saying?
Can I just say how much I agree with the new idea of a third class on Britain's railways.
Recently, in First Class, I have found myself sharing a carriage with perfectly ordinary members of the middle classes: lawyers, accountants, advertising directors, wine merchants, politicians. I have no objection to these people sipping their "teas" and "coffees" in a nice seat, but surely there should be some "middling class" on the railways - a premium economy, as it were, or Budget Business, befitting their true social status?
First Class would therefore be reserved for immediate members of Europe's major royal families, heads of state and their spouses, and creative artists earning over £300,000 a year - a proper First Class.
This would surely decrease unsightly social friction for everyone.
First Class = Snob Class Business = Spiv Class Economy/Standard = Steerage
"Clegg disowning Tory flagship education policy.I wonder what he knows and we don`t"
"The Observer can reveal that a second unqualified headteacher of a free school has quit her post following criticism. Last week the Guardian revealed that Annaliese Briggs, a 27-year-old with no teaching qualifications who had been appointed as headteacher of Pimlico free school in London, had resigned after just three weeks in the job."
Good grief! Surely It's now time for Gove to step down.
It is the product of creative tension, Roger.
Both the events at the Al-Madinah Free School in Derby and the resignation of Annaliese Briggs are symptoms of risk taking and innovation. Provided these incidents remain a tiny proportion of all activity in free schools they represent success rather than failure.
Innovation and creation require risk taking and experimentation. Not all risks pay back with rewards: not all experiments lead to success.
The fact that the current embedded educational system is being challenged is a cause for celebration.
Some 33% said they approved of Cameron's performance as prime minister against just 22% who said they were positive about Miliband's leadership of Labour, while 13% approved of Nick Clegg's stewardship of the Lib Dems.
Can I just say how much I agree with the new idea of a third class on Britain's railways.
Recently, in First Class, I have found myself sharing a carriage with perfectly ordinary members of the middle classes: lawyers, accountants, advertising directors, wine merchants, politicians. I have no objection to these people sipping their "teas" and "coffees" in a nice seat, but surely there should be some "middling class" on the railways - a premium economy, as it were, or Budget Business, befitting their true social status?
First Class would therefore be reserved for immediate members of Europe's major royal families, heads of state and their spouses, and creative artists earning over £300,000 a year - a proper First Class.
This would surely decrease unsightly social friction for everyone.
First Class = Snob Class Business = Spiv Class Economy/Standard = Steerage
Comrade Sunil
Richard Branson's original plans for Virgin Atlantic were to have three classes branded as follows:
First Class = Upper Class Business & Premium Economy = Middle Class Economy = Riff Raff
His marketing people researched the proposals and delivered results which persuaded him to back off.
Can I just say how much I agree with the new idea of a third class on Britain's railways.
Recently, in First Class, I have found myself sharing a carriage with perfectly ordinary members of the middle classes: lawyers, accountants, advertising directors, wine merchants, politicians. I have no objection to these people sipping their "teas" and "coffees" in a nice seat, but surely there should be some "middling class" on the railways - a premium economy, as it were, or Budget Business, befitting their true social status?
First Class would therefore be reserved for immediate members of Europe's major royal families, heads of state and their spouses, and creative artists earning over £300,000 a year - a proper First Class.
This would surely decrease unsightly social friction for everyone.
First Class would therefore be reserved for immediate members of Europe's major royal families, heads of state and their spouses, and creative artists earning over £300,000 a year - a proper First class
In the days of the Cunard Queens, the crew reckoned the real quality travelled second class (Cabin) - First class was full of frightful vulgarians.....
No. An exeption; but her ministers did and acted against Thatcher, undermining her at every chance. In the end they knifed her. Thats your Tory party.
Thatcher believed in free movement of labour, sad little Englanders don't
When it came to it, Thatcher only had to think about the then members of what is now the EU, leaving her free to be flexible about her views when she left Number 10. Not sure she's the peg to hang the free movement of persons on.
Keeping immigration up is GOOD for the economy.
Cutting immigration is BAD
Get that into your head
I don't know why you think that.
Because whilst Mike loves to talk about the disjunction between the Tory lead on the economy, and the Labour lead on personal standard of living, he doesn't seem to compute that immigration is good for the economy in blunt aggregate, but bad for the majority of British people on the bottom half of the income ladder.
"Recently, in First Class, I have found myself sharing a carriage with perfectly ordinary members of the middle classes:"
A few Fridays ago the train was so full they let those with 2nd class tickets sit in the 1st class section and still half the train was standing. The guard came round and when he got to me said" you have a first class ticket. Why don't you take a seat?"
I said there weren't any. He said I should go and tell someone to give me their seat because most of the people had second class tickets.
I asked him if he was suggesting I should tell a nun to stand up so I could take her seat? He said yes if she's not traveling on a first class ticket.
Can I just say how much I agree with the new idea of a third class on Britain's railways.
Recently, in First Class, I have found myself sharing a carriage with perfectly ordinary members of the middle classes: lawyers, accountants, advertising directors, wine merchants, politicians. I have no objection to these people sipping their "teas" and "coffees" in a nice seat, but surely there should be some "middling class" on the railways - a premium economy, as it were, or Budget Business, befitting their true social status?
First Class would therefore be reserved for immediate members of Europe's major royal families, heads of state and their spouses, and creative artists earning over £300,000 a year - a proper First Class.
This would surely decrease unsightly social friction for everyone.
If perching on my wheelie case for two plus hours next to a stinky toilet (with a *sur-prise!* opening door) surrounded by a load of hairdressers on route to the 'Tony and Guy' xmas bash isn't third class then I'd like to see what is.
Doesn't Cameron still earn less than Brown did because of the latter's scorched earth policy extending even to a salary cut for the PM in his final year?
The current government cut ministerial salaries by 5 per cent. We're all in it together.
First Class would therefore be reserved for immediate members of Europe's major royal families, heads of state and their spouses, and creative artists earning over £300,000 a year - a proper First class
In the days of the Cunard Queens, the crew reckoned the real quality travelled second class (Cabin) - First class was full of frightful vulgarians.....
Carlotta
My proposal:
First Class = "New Money" Premium Economy = "Old Money" Economy = "No Money"
@alstewitn: A joke: "So, 3 pollsters walk into a room and ask 'Who would you vote for if there was a General Election tomorrow?' #Indy #Observer #Mirror
"Recently, in First Class, I have found myself sharing a carriage with perfectly ordinary members of the middle classes:"
A few Fridays ago the train was so full they let those with 2nd class tickets sit in the 1st class section and still half the train was standing. The guard came round and when he got to me said" you have a first class ticket. Why don't you take a seat?"
I said there weren't any. He said I should go and tell someone to give me their seat because most of the people had second class tickets.
I asked him if he was suggesting I should tell a nun to stand up so I could take her seat? He said yes if she's not traveling on a first class ticket.
Can I just say how much I agree with the new idea of a third class on Britain's railways.
Recently, in First Class, I have found myself sharing a carriage with perfectly ordinary members of the middle classes: lawyers, accountants, advertising directors, wine merchants, politicians. I have no objection to these people sipping their "teas" and "coffees" in a nice seat, but surely there should be some "middling class" on the railways - a premium economy, as it were, or Budget Business, befitting their true social status?
First Class would therefore be reserved for immediate members of Europe's major royal families, heads of state and their spouses, and creative artists earning over £300,000 a year - a proper First Class.
This would surely decrease unsightly social friction for everyone.
In your job you should remember that you are like WWII air crew. You don't get paid more, just faster. Today's payday may be your last.
The last thing we need is MP's being paid piece rates on laws to increase productivity.
I would like to see 20% to stand for election each year rather than 5 year paliaments. It may not make for better laws, but at least we would get some amusement and betting opportunities!
Cameron preaching about the cost of politics after blowing up to £100 million on the police commissioner farce is amusing.
I am more interested in the link between pay and productivity.
A deferred pay rise for MPs linked to yet to be agreed improvements in productivity would be exactly the right signal for Parliament to send at this stage of the economic recovery.
As someone who despises UKIP's policy on wind turbines and other renewable energies, I have to say that these polls are really quite stunning for the party.
No. An exeption; but her ministers did and acted against Thatcher, undermining her at every chance. In the end they knifed her. Thats your Tory party.
Thatcher believed in free movement of labour, sad little Englanders don't
Nutty little Europeans believe any tom dick and harry can come here,you wouldn't mind if the England trebled in population and that just down to immigration,how fcuking mad is that.
You want to stop all those Brit pensioners having the right to move to France and Spain?
No. An exeption; but her ministers did and acted against Thatcher, undermining her at every chance. In the end they knifed her. Thats your Tory party.
Thatcher believed in free movement of labour, sad little Englanders don't
When it came to it, Thatcher only had to think about the then members of what is now the EU, leaving her free to be flexible about her views when she left Number 10. Not sure she's the peg to hang the free movement of persons on.
Keeping immigration up is GOOD for the economy.
Cutting immigration is BAD
Get that into your head
I don't know why you think that.
Mike thinks that because as a member of the upper middle classes he gets the advantages of immigration but doesn't suffer the disadvantages.
So Osborne has announced that the British people need to 'up their game'.
That's coming from the man behind the Conservative election strategy of 2010, who preferred political tourism to preparing a budget and who is basing British energy security on PFI deals with the Chinese government.
No. An exeption; but her ministers did and acted against Thatcher, undermining her at every chance. In the end they knifed her. Thats your Tory party.
Thatcher believed in free movement of labour, sad little Englanders don't
When it came to it, Thatcher only had to think about the then members of what is now the EU, leaving her free to be flexible about her views when she left Number 10. Not sure she's the peg to hang the free movement of persons on.
Keeping immigration up is GOOD for the economy.
Cutting immigration is BAD
Get that into your head
I don't know why you think that.
Mike thinks that because as a member of the upper middle classes he gets the advantages of immigration but doesn't suffer the disadvantages.
There was a poll last week which showed that Lib Dems (uniquely) had found EE handymen useful - no other VI did.....
Hmm, methinks someone from the Telegraph was reading PB the other day:
"Under the deal, EDF will be guaranteed about £90 to £93 for every megawatt hour of power Hinkley Point generates for 35 years from when it starts operating in the early 2020s. The market price – currently about half that level – will be “topped up” through levies."
"Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, will insist that investing in nuclear will save consumers money compared to the costs of doing nothing and that nuclear is cheaper than offshore wind, which toward the end of this decade will be offered £135/MWh for 15-year contracts."
Clegg condemns schools which are allowed to hire "under qualified" teachers - like academy schools.
Clegg sends his kids to an academy school.....
"Do as I say, not do as I do....."
He must be under serious internal pressure.
Clegg's old school, Westminster, also has "unqualified" teachers......
So, its ok for him to go to a school with unqualified teachers, send his kids to a school allowed to hire unqualified teachers (The London Oratory)......but its not ok for you oiks to do the same......
Clegg condemns schools which are allowed to hire "under qualified" teachers - like academy schools.
Clegg sends his kids to an academy school.....
"Do as I say, not do as I do....."
He must be under serious internal pressure.
Clegg's old school, Westminster, also has "unqualified" teachers......
So, its ok for him to go to a school with unqualified teachers, send his kids to a school allowed to hire unqualified teachers (The London Oratory)......but its not ok for you oiks to do the same......
Was there a vote on that change last year or was it a Gove edict?
Was it a change, or a simple extension of Labour's academy program?
Clegg condemns schools which are allowed to hire "under qualified" teachers - like academy schools.
Clegg sends his kids to an academy school.....
"Do as I say, not do as I do....."
He must be under serious internal pressure.
Clegg's old school, Westminster, also has "unqualified" teachers......
So, its ok for him to go to a school with unqualified teachers, send his kids to a school allowed to hire unqualified teachers (The London Oratory)......but its not ok for you oiks to do the same......
Was there a vote on that change last year or was it a Gove edict?
Was it a change, or a simple extension of Labour's academy program?
"England's new academy schools can now hire unqualified teachers, after a change to the rules."
So Osborne has announced that the British people need to 'up their game'.
That's coming from the man behind the Conservative election strategy of 2010, who preferred political tourism to preparing a budget and who is basing British energy security on PFI deals with the Chinese government.
"Political tourism".... just because GO went to the States before his budget but after he had completed the work on it. Just because you are a kipper there's no need to regurgitate Labour's propaganda.
Cleggs move on Free Schools and Academies could prove the beginning of the end for the Coalition. Cammo knows that he will have to stand up for Gove and his education policy or see himself visibly weakend in the Tory party. I see an early GE looming probably by early next year, wether the Tories want it or not. As for Clegg, he may be forced into this kamikazi mode by the ever decreasing share of L/Dem polling and now going for broke. As I see it either Cammo backs down and looks weak, weak, weak or he tells Clegg to shove it.
I've bet £250 @ 11/2 with Paddy Power that the GE will be next year.
Clegg distancing himself from yet another flagship Coalition policy, this is a bad habit that he seems incapable of breaking as we head to the next GE. Clegg, the man from the Libdems who likes to say 'yeah, but no' every time one of his own Coalition Government's policies hit a few rough headlines.
Cleggs move on Free Schools and Academies could prove the beginning of the end for the Coalition.
Nope. Its all about positioning for 2015 - both coalition parties have started doing it. Though whether Clegg is going to impose mandatory QTS on schools like his old one, Westminster, is unclear.....
While we're on it The Hon Tristram I've got a PhD from Cambridge you know Hunt's school, University College School, as an independent school (part of the Eton group) is also free to hire "un/under"-qualified teachers....is he going to change that too?
Cleggs move on Free Schools and Academies could prove the beginning of the end for the Coalition.
Nope. Its all about But positioning for 2015 - both coalition parties have started doing it. Though whether Clegg is going to impose mandatory QTS on schools like his old one, Westminster, is unclear.....
Westminster isn't state funded Goves Madrassas and mates schools are state funded, although in secret.
But according to Clegg, the issue is about:
"I also believe every parent needs reassurance that the school their child attends, whatever its title or structure, meets certain core standards of teaching and care – a parental guarantee, if you like."
Or does the parental guarantee not extend to the parents of people like himself & the Hon Hunt?
"Teachers" meaning anyone who wanders into a classroom?
It was good enough for Blair & the Hon Hunt.....and Clegg.....
Not state funded, you dropped your academy argument sharpish I see. Unqualified people can homeschool if they like but they don't get state funding
It's not my argument, its Clegg's - 'do as I say, not do as I do'.
If the issue is about quality of teaching, and the duty of the state to its citizens, 'state funding' is a red-herring....but we both know neither Clegg nor the Hon Hunt will touch that.....
Can I just say how weird Tristram Hunt's Spectator Notes was this week?
His opening paragraph was about how much he enjoyed sitting on the front bench watching David Cameron go red in the face.
That the sort of juvenilia I'd expect from a bloke posting anonymously on a website. Not from someone who aspires to be in the Cabinet.
ONE OF THE MINOR sociological treats of being appointed shadow education secretary is a frontbench view of David Cameron’s crimson tide — that half hour journey, every Question Time, during which the Prime Minister’s face turns from beatific calm to unedifying fury.
Clegg goes on education.....the Tories go on energy:
"Coalition at war over energy policy as Tories plan to cut green taxes Senior Tories are drawing up a secret plan to cut green taxes as part of a radical overhaul of the energy industry designed to reduce customers’ bills."
Clegg distancing himself from yet another flagship Coalition policy, this is a bad habit that he seems incapable of breaking as we head to the next GE. Clegg, the man from the Libdems who likes to say 'yeah, but no' every time one of his own Coalition Government's policies hit a few rough headlines.
Comments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/bbcparliament/live
As you know, I'm not a fan.....
http://tracking.si.com/2013/10/17/dallas-cowboys-harris-poll-most-popular/
Nothing new under the sun.
Implies tonight's poll is C -4. But Anthony says C -2.
http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-the-thatcher-myths
I don't remember Thatcher ever expressing concern about European immigration. In general, though, it's difficult to guess how historical figures would have reacted to current controversies. A lot of people seem in reality to adopt a position on, say, the "moderate right" or the "hard left" and adopt whatever ideas seem to be current in that part of the spectrum at the time. I was anti-EU in 1973 (it's a capitalist body which will delay socialism in Britain) and I'm pro-EU now (it's a sensible partnership that helps modernise Britain) - is that really because I've reconsidered, or because the terms of the debate have changed and I've moved with my gang? A bit of both, perhaps.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/19/clegg-gove-schools-education-policy
A deferred pay rise for MPs linked to yet to be agreed improvements in productivity would be exactly the right signal for Parliament to send at this stage of the economic recovery.
If problems start emerging in free shools,Labour will `u` turn before you can say `free schools`.They don`t like the policy anyway.
Thats a bit like Iran beating England in the footy or some such.
Could have got 500-1 on Betfair !
I was there.
I was the victim of police discrimination that night, all the Aussies with backpacks weren't checked, whereas I was.
"Clegg disowning Tory flagship education policy.I wonder what he knows and we don`t"
"The Observer can reveal that a second unqualified headteacher of a free school has quit her post following criticism. Last week the Guardian revealed that Annaliese Briggs, a 27-year-old with no teaching qualifications who had been appointed as headteacher of Pimlico free school in London, had resigned after just three weeks in the job."
Good grief! Surely It's now time for Gove to step down.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/19/union-chiefs-rachel-reeves-labour-welfare-pledge?CMP=twt_fd
Also touches on the living standards 'crisis', do Labour no longer support the 1% public sector wage cap, jobs rather than wages growth as Ed Balls I thought was saying?
@MSmithsonPB @OpiniumResearch Cam's (33% appr, 51% disappr, -18% net) now almost level with Ed M (25% approve, 44% disapprove, -19% net).
Changes from their last poll
DC minus 8
Ed plus 2
Which maybe simple unwind as the last poll showed a 7 plus increase for Dave
Under Labour they would have kept their jobs!
Gove must go!
Business = Spiv Class
Economy/Standard = Steerage
Both the events at the Al-Madinah Free School in Derby and the resignation of Annaliese Briggs are symptoms of risk taking and innovation. Provided these incidents remain a tiny proportion of all activity in free schools they represent success rather than failure.
Innovation and creation require risk taking and experimentation. Not all risks pay back with rewards: not all experiments lead to success.
The fact that the current embedded educational system is being challenged is a cause for celebration.
That night I was shouting at the Aussies
"Get your shit stars off our flag"
Sat 27th July 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jul/27/opinion-poll-labour-lead-miliband
£300K pa and you still travel with the great unwashed ..... well if you must !!
Might I advise you let the sedan chair take the strain.
Richard Branson's original plans for Virgin Atlantic were to have three classes branded as follows:
First Class = Upper Class
Business & Premium Economy = Middle Class
Economy = Riff Raff
His marketing people researched the proposals and delivered results which persuaded him to back off.
Another instance where pollsters got it wrong!
A clue:
It`s not the one which supports unqualified teachers and headteachers.
JPMorgan Chase and the Justice Department are moving closer to a $13 billion settlement over the bank’s mortgage practices, a record penalty that would cap weeks of heated negotiating and underscore the extent of the bank’s legal woes, people briefed on the talks said.
"Recently, in First Class, I have found myself sharing a carriage with perfectly ordinary members of the middle classes:"
A few Fridays ago the train was so full they let those with 2nd class tickets sit in the 1st class section and still half the train was standing. The guard came round and when he got to me said" you have a first class ticket. Why don't you take a seat?"
I said there weren't any. He said I should go and tell someone to give me their seat because most of the people had second class tickets.
I asked him if he was suggesting I should tell a nun to stand up so I could take her seat? He said yes if she's not traveling on a first class ticket.
My proposal:
First Class = "New Money"
Premium Economy = "Old Money"
Economy = "No Money"
And then there might be room for:
Business Class = "Someone Else's Money"
No other country, even France, inspires such emotions in me.
Though I do sing "Ou est le papier" during La Marseillaise.
I promise, post independence, I will still cheer for the Scottish football team (except when they play England)
An Opinium/Observer poll finds that while twice as many people think free schools are a good idea as those who don't.
"She could have sat on your lap, Roger"
But I'm not a Catholic.
A nun is in the bath when there's a knock on the bathroom door.
"Hello! It's the blind man. May I come in?"
The nun ponders for a moment, and thinking he may need spiritual guidance and that he is blind agrees. The door opens and in walks a guy.
"Bloody nice tits! Now, where do you want these blinds?"
How do you get a Nun pregnant?
Dress her up as an Altar Boy
I would like to see 20% to stand for election each year rather than 5 year paliaments. It may not make for better laws, but at least we would get some amusement and betting opportunities!
And a tory plan to cut green taxes ;-)
http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/86854/the_sunday_telegraph_saturday_19th_october_2013.html
That's coming from the man behind the Conservative election strategy of 2010, who preferred political tourism to preparing a budget and who is basing British energy security on PFI deals with the Chinese government.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10391242/Analysis-Was-the-BBCs-reporting-of-migrant-issue-fair-and-balanced.html
We would like to say sorry for a tweet that was sent out earlier. It was an inappropriate attempt to make a joke, and we got it wrong.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10391242/Analysis-Was-the-BBCs-reporting-of-migrant-issue-fair-and-balanced.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10391338/Britains-anger-at-EC-opposition-to-restriction-on-migrant-benefits.html
And detailed analysis of the 10pm news coverage:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10391242/Analysis-Was-the-BBCs-reporting-of-migrant-issue-fair-and-balanced.html
That is simply not true.
Take a look at Darling's £500bn deficit error in the 2008 budget if you want incompetance.
Clegg sends his kids to an academy school.....
"Do as I say, not do as I do....."
Hmm, methinks someone from the Telegraph was reading PB the other day:
"Under the deal, EDF will be guaranteed about £90 to £93 for every megawatt hour of power Hinkley Point generates for 35 years from when it starts operating in the early 2020s.
The market price – currently about half that level – will be “topped up” through levies."
"Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, will insist that investing in nuclear will save consumers money compared to the costs of doing nothing and that nuclear is cheaper than offshore wind, which toward the end of this decade will be offered £135/MWh for 15-year contracts."
So, its ok for him to go to a school with unqualified teachers, send his kids to a school allowed to hire unqualified teachers (The London Oratory)......but its not ok for you oiks to do the same......
I don't doubt it is most, but sloppy misuse of the word 'All' really winds me up.
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/10/sorry-nick-but-goves-reforms-mean-that-teachers-not-politicians-decide-what-goes-on-in-the-classroom/
I've bet £250 @ 11/2 with Paddy Power that the GE will be next year.
% of Uk that will attend one of his churches tomorrow ?
< 5%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_School
"I also believe every parent needs reassurance that the school their child attends, whatever its title or structure, meets certain core standards of teaching and care – a parental guarantee, if you like."
Or does the parental guarantee not extend to the parents of people like himself & the Hon Hunt?
If the issue is about quality of teaching, and the duty of the state to its citizens, 'state funding' is a red-herring....but we both know neither Clegg nor the Hon Hunt will touch that.....
Can I just say how weird Tristram Hunt's Spectator Notes was this week?
His opening paragraph was about how much he enjoyed sitting on the front bench watching David Cameron go red in the face.
That the sort of juvenilia I'd expect from a bloke posting anonymously on a website. Not from someone who aspires to be in the Cabinet.
ONE OF THE MINOR sociological treats of being appointed shadow education secretary is a frontbench view of David Cameron’s crimson tide — that half hour journey, every Question Time, during which the Prime Minister’s face turns from beatific calm to unedifying fury.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-week/diary/9057051/tristram-hunts-diary-a-close-up-view-of-david-camerons-rage-face/
"Coalition at war over energy policy as Tories plan to cut green taxes
Senior Tories are drawing up a secret plan to cut green taxes as part of a radical overhaul of the energy industry designed to reduce customers’ bills."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10391198/Coalition-at-war-over-energy-policy-as-Tories-plan-to-cut-green-taxes.html