Category Archives: Lib Dems
Where’s the Liberal Democrat voice in education?
Looks like this week’s election results have changed little for the coalition, at least for Nick Clegg who – aside from a little more public flexing of Lib-Dem muscles – plans to stay at Cameron’s side for the next five … Continue reading
Filed under Clegg, Lib Dems, Policy, Politics - general
Looking to the horizon is no good if your feet are on fire
Despite being roundly punished for their collaboration with the Tories, it looks like the Liberal Democrat response to a pasting in the polls – both local election and AV referendum – is to perform their very own version of Groundhog … Continue reading
Filed under Clegg, Lib Dems, Politics - general
Lies, damn lies and the Pupil Premium
When does a misrepresentation – a gentle tweak at an accepted truth – tip into something more serious: a deception, or a lie? It’s hard to say precisely where the line should be drawn, particularly in the cut and thrust … Continue reading
Filed under Lib Dems, Policy, Politics - general, Schools
New improved EMA is not something for Lib-Dems to celebrate
It doesn’t take a master strategist to figure out what’s happening. The Lib Dems are taking a pasting for being too cosy with the Tories. So every now and again the boys in blue cut them a bit of slack … Continue reading
Filed under Funding, Lib Dems, Policy, Politics - general
I agree with Nick
One hundred and fifty five words from Nick Clegg at the Yorkshire Post Question Time Event on 19th March 2010: “I would say this, look: the decisions about how we govern this country shouldn’t be decided by fear of what … Continue reading
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Lib-Dems, damn Lib-Dems and statistics
Ok, they’ve gone and done it. The Lib-Dems have outdone Spinal Tap. If you haven’t seen the film, the guitarist has a special dial which ‘goes up to eleven’. On the newly configured scale of bare-faced political audacity, the Lib-Dems … Continue reading
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Lib-Dems turn it up to eleven
The Liberal Democrats are the political equivalent of the guitarist in Spinal Tap who added an extra digit to his sound control, so he could ‘turn it up to eleven’. Rather than sound, their scale measures bare-faced political audacity and, … Continue reading
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Only business will profit from free schools
When it comes to ‘free schools’, there seems to be a pretty significant difference of opinion between the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, and his boss, Education Secretary, Michael Gove. Between them they can’t seem to decide whether schools should be … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatives, Funding, Lib Dems, Nick Gibb, Policy, Politics - general, Schools
Should an accountant be in charge of schools?
Ministerial appointments are a mysterious process. There’s no job advertisement; no person specification; no interview panel ticking boxes and rating each candidate’s suitability; no expectant wait for a letter in the post. As a result, they can turn up some … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatives, Lib Dems, Nick Gibb, Policy, Politics - general, Schools
Featherstone in demand for 24-hour crime
Should I find myself in need of entertainment of an evening, I often have a quick flick through Lynne Featherstone’s blog (Lib-Dem MP for Hornsey and Wood Green and Minister for Equalities in the Home Office, in case you weren’t … Continue reading
Filed under Lib Dems, Politics - general
