Posts Tagged “david laws”
Fraser Nelson’s must-read guide to utterly and completely misunderstanding the Lib Dems’ Coalition strategy
by Stephen Tall on February 7, 2014
Fraser Nelson has written a must-read guide to utterly and completely misunderstanding the Lib Dems’ Coalition strategy today. My guess is he’s reliant on Tory intelligence, which in this case is an oxymoron. Much of it is the usual half-fair/half-unfair admixture of insults regularly thrown at the Lib Dems by the right-wing media. We are, […]
Gove and Laws scrap it out on front pages over sacking of Ofsted head. Here’s what the row is all about.
by Stephen Tall on February 2, 2014
Today’s newspaper front pages are full of the scrap taking place at the heart of the Department for Education between Conservative secretary of state Michael Gove and Lib Dem schools minister David Laws: Ofsted row: Lib Dems furious at Conservative plan to ‘politicise’ classrooms (Independent on Sunday) Lib Dems savage Gove over sacked schools boss […]
Want to see a photo of a Young David Laws?
by Stephen Tall on January 18, 2014
Young David Laws – no, not a new telly detective, but a picture of Lib Dem schools minister David Laws aged about 19. Hint: he’s the chap on the left… a phrase not normally associated with David. (Hat-tip to Jezz Palmer for spotting.) Anyone got other photos of Lib Dem MPs before they were famous? […]
Two questions journalists aren’t asking about Nick Clegg’s free schools speech
by Stephen Tall on October 22, 2013
Nick Clegg’s speech on free schools – setting out the policy approved by the Lib Dem conference last March – has ruffled feathers. Apparently he and David Cameron even had lunch yesterday to discuss this ‘bombshell’ announcement (which in fact won’t be made until a speech this Thursday). My view (as I set out here […]
Clegg on free schools and National Curriculum: no more, no less than party policy. And that’s for better and worse.
by Stephen Tall on October 20, 2013
No-one should be that surprised by Nick Clegg’s decision to distance the Lib Dems from Michael Gove’s schools policies — specifically that every teacher should be qualified and that every school should teach the national curriculum. After all, what Nick is due to set out in a speech this week is the policy that was […]
If he wasn’t Liam Byrne I would feel sorry for Liam Byrne
by Stephen Tall on June 25, 2013
A stark reminder that Labour can’t be trusted with the economy. The infamous letter. pic.twitter.com/E3Q2RlaUeX — Lib Dem Press Office (@LibDemPress) June 24, 2013 It’s not the only note that has landed Labour’s former chief secretary to the treasury in (…)
Eastleigh by-election: your essential round-up of the latest campaign news (13 Feb)
by Stephen Tall on February 13, 2013
Here’s a round-up of news from the past 24 hours in the Eastleigh by-election… Mike Thornton’s campaign in full swing The Lib Dems’ Mike Thornton — pictured here (by Jon Aylwin) with 1994 by-election victor David Chidgey — has been focusing on how the pupil premium, the party’s flagship education policy, has been helping Eastleigh [...]
David Laws to chair 2015 Manifesto Working Group
by Stephen Tall on January 8, 2013
It’s now official: Lib Dem schools minister David Laws will chair the party’s Manifesto Working Group. Lib Dem MP Duncan Hames, who chairs the party’s Federal Policy Committee, has just emailed members with the following message: Last night at the party’s Federal Policy Committee we agreed Nick Clegg’s nomination of David Laws MP to Chair [...]
Let’s hear it for the Lib Dem pupil premium: but don’t expect overnight miracles from it
by Stephen Tall on December 20, 2012
Excellent news from Lib Dem schools minister David Laws yesterday, with the announcement of how much Pupil Premium money each school in England will receive in 2013/14: “Liberal Democrats are building a strong economy and a fair society where everyone (…)
