Gordon Brown has done what he had to do. The spending splurge on education is a serious challenge to the Tories — and it puts the sterile education bill arguments about the structure of the school system into perspective. Who really cares about the precise role of local education authorities if we're chucking cash at schools? The environmentalist stuff is also promising — though of course I could have done without the increases on beer and fags.
After a week of angst, I'm back on board with Labour again and will deliver those leaflets after all. And I'm not half as glum as I was about Broon becoming leader, though I'd still prefer Charles Clarke...
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Charles Clarke? Are you mad? His political career is built solely on having been one of Kinnock's yes men.
Back in the fold. But I thought you were about to start joining the obvious dots there.
Of course the structure of education is important and it's sudddenly not less important just because Labour is "chucking cash at schools".
Some of the Labour's rich business donors (he who pays the piper calls the tune) are involved in this policy area, as benefactors to the new independent schools. As Tony Blair inches the system to a more neo-liberal model there is going to be a greater role for selection, greater disparity in educational achievement and levels of education will be more determined by wealth and class than it is today.
Clarke? Really?
I think I'd prefer Blair to stay on rather than have CC as leader, which is saying a lot for me.
The MOD gets an extra £800m, 80% more than education. So its really a bigger boost for the military. No mention of that reality by Paul.
Spending on foreign occupations will top 5 billion this year.
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