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Sometimes the headline is enough 8 Nov 2012 | 03:29 am
From the Graun's homepage at the moment. Brilliant.
Last post on Gove's Bible nonsense (probably) 20 May 2012 | 09:52 pm
Education has continued to become a more horrible place to work since I last blogged. The proposed changes to Ofsted mean that everyone has to desperately revise the way lessons work in order that we ...
Soundtrack to a Strike 2 Dec 2011 | 08:45 am
Very much a work in progress this. I was trying to think of stuff that should be on an OST for the day. This is what I ended up with: The Workers - Let's Work Together The Specials - Ghost Town (h/t ...
All in all, pretty good 1 Dec 2011 | 12:45 pm
Right then. First things first. The government's lines on this have simply got to look ridiculous to most people by now. If it doesn't, I may have to despair of my sunny, optimistic view of human natu...
Oh, for Gods' Sake 27 Nov 2011 | 06:21 am
There are many reasons not to like Michael Gove. But aside from his elitism, parochialism, incompetence, viciousness, fundamental opposition to the concept of public service, his general meanness of s...
The inevitable pre-strike post. 25 Nov 2011 | 09:24 am
(h/t) Phew, we're nearly there. The Tories have obligingly refused to 'negotiate' any further so not even Barber has an excuse to cave in now. We're nearly there. *A scuffling is heard from the back ...
The Post of Surreal Frivolity, or, Why Kevin Ovenden Has the Head of a Giant Fly 4 Nov 2011 | 09:27 am
This has nothing to do with anything really, but it's been hanging around the periphery of my mind's eye (not sure where that would be - in the corner next to the Locked Trunk of Teenage Embarrassment...
The Louise Mensch Beverage Scale of Permitted Capitalist Criticism 23 Oct 2011 | 09:31 pm
Following Louise Mensch's remarkable revelation of a new form of critique of political economy on Friday I have reflected on this remarkable insight. If she's right, then whilst the liberal left are ...
Just so we're clear... 3 Sep 2011 | 08:40 am
This is a BAD idea: Ministers are scrapping a requirement for teachers to record instances when they use physical force, as part of a wider move to "restore adult authority" in the wake of the riots ...
Slogans? 21 Jul 2011 | 05:51 pm
Hello everyone. I'll helping to make placards for Saturday's demo to save Bombardier. Any suggestions for slogans? So far I'm a bit stuck. Best I've got so far is 'ConDems - off the rails' and the...
