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October 29, 2003
Education, education, education

While the Tories convulse, the government's own mess gets worse. Teachers are now to be robbed of their merit rises in order to bale out the disastrous shortfall in school funding. This gap was caused in part by the usual local authority sleight of hand in failing to pass on education funding to the schools, but in large measure because the education department got its sums wrong both in redistributing funds around the country, and from one education fund to another. In short, it's mainly the government's fault -- for which the teachers are now having to pay. This sorry saga illustrates two things: the fact that under this government, nothing works; and the fact that while Whitehall remains in control, education will continue to be abused and exploited by the lethal combination of incompetence and ideology.

Posted by melanie at October 29, 2003

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British black socialist Member of Parliament Diane Abbott has announced that she is sending her son to a private school, thus admitting that Tony Blair's "education, education, education" is a massive, all-time failure. By her action, she has publicly acknowledged Labour's failure in its flagship programme. Given Ms Abbott's constant need to be talking, she will doubtless be letting the world in on why she took this step. It should be illuminating - not least to Ms Abbott, who now has to confront the failure of the socialists and the success of private enterprise in the person of her own child. Her child was apparently too important to be sacrificed on the altar of ideology - unlike the tens of thousands of children whose parents are not so wealthy or well-placed.

Posted by: Caroline at October 29, 2003 06:35 PM

What really riles me is that the wealth and position of Diane Abbott is paid for by you and me, and this woman is a low grade moron. When are we going to wake up in this country to the fact that we are being shafted all the time by a self seeking clique of untalented gits.

Posted by: Derek at October 30, 2003 03:14 PM