vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 28,272
He only looked about 5' 4" to me ?
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Gove OUT in cabinet reshuffle
- Thread starter Ernest
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He only looked about 5' 4" to me ?
Kumquat
New member
- Mar 2, 2009
- 4,459
Agree with this. But also the point made about Miliband. We are heading for another hung parliament in my view. It's who carries the balance this time. I've said for a long while and still believe that however ridiculed, the Lib Dems will still have a big part to play. The tories have made this reshuffle for a reason. They want to make their offer clear while not looking like the nasty party and including more women. It's a cynical move but it's all thye've got and I think the right move. Labour need to respond now. Is Miliband up to it? But of course it will be the role UKIP play that will be most interesting. Funny that Hammond's first comments on becoming foreign secretary were about how he was confident on renegotiating the position on Europe,
Is he serious? Cameron has royally ****ed up any chance of this happening with his recent embarrassing failures at negotiation.
Kumquat
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- Mar 2, 2009
- 4,459
Agree entirely. But it shows where the Tories are coming from. Theyve nothing left in the locker on Europe other than bringing in someone new to repeat the same message and hopefully make it work. Hamond is no Mo Mowlam either, let's face it.
Westdene Wonder
New member
Why ?,are they on strike again?
BadFish
Huge Member
- Oct 19, 2003
- 18,201
It does seem plausible that the teachers Uncle C has encountered during childhood were stupid. Perhaps he is putting himself forward as evidence?
BadFish
Huge Member
- Oct 19, 2003
- 18,201
I am going to suggest it is more about media focus and poor PR. In Australia we went on strike a couple of years ago. Most teachers I know went on strike about diminishing budgets, poor allocation of funds and other issue that directly effected our ability to learn. However all media coverage was focused on pay and conditions. This of course did a bang up job of eroding public support for our cause and gave the likes of Uncle C and his ilk the ill informed ammunition they crave. Personally I left the union after this as I felt they did a piss poor PR job and allowed my position to be misrepresented.
I don't know if this is the same in UK but I thought it worth a mention.
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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I can't imagine. No election on the horizon is there?
- Jan 3, 2012
- 17,354
Thanks - interesting. It does sometimes seem to me, as a trade union supporter and member (but not a teacher) that sometimes some teachers themselves are their own worst enemies in this respect.
- Jan 3, 2012
- 17,354
In terms of Gove and his replacement, she is unlikely to change much - if anything - that he did, and could be worse, just less nasty.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
No, they are not.
Pogue Mahone
Well-known member
- Apr 30, 2011
- 10,949
Hmmm. Couldn't be. They are all 'beyond reproach'.
LargeHadronZugzwang
Active member
The other day Cameron said: "I am simply not prepared to be a prime minister who has to address the people after a terrorist incident and explain that I could have done more to prevent it."
Then why did he vote for the Iraq War, the aggression against Libya and destabilisation of Syria? There are now more terrorists than ever thanks to policies he has advocated.
As for Gove, Gradgrind on steroids.
Will be happy when the entire loathsome lot disappears.
Then why did he vote for the Iraq War, the aggression against Libya and destabilisation of Syria? There are now more terrorists than ever thanks to policies he has advocated.
As for Gove, Gradgrind on steroids.
Will be happy when the entire loathsome lot disappears.