Posts Tagged “schools”
Liberal Villain of the Month: Boris Johnson
by Stephen Tall on November 29, 2013
Liberal Hero of the Week (and occasional Villains) is chosen by Stephen Tall, Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, and Research Associate at CentreForum. Boris Johnson Mayor of London Reason: for believing intelligence is fixed and fee-paying schools are the only hope for bright children. There’s a lot to admire about Boris Johnson. The brilliant turn […]
CentreForum Liberal Heroes of the Week #52: Mr Burton and Musharaf Asghar from Channel 4?s Educating Yorkshire
by Stephen Tall on October 25, 2013
Liberal Hero of the Week (and occasional Villains) is chosen by Stephen Tall, Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, and Research Associate at CentreForum. Mr Burton and Musharaf Asghar Stars of last night’s Educating Yorkshire Reason: Mr Burton for teaching and Musharaf for discovering the power of education to give you a voice that can be […]
Nick (finally) makes his education speech and launches the Coalition’s own ‘Champions League’
by Stephen Tall on October 24, 2013
Five days after it was pre-briefed, Nick Clegg finally made his speech on A Liberal Vision for Education at Morpeth School in Tower Hamlets. (Morpeth is, by the way, a fantastic school. I visited it for my day-job 18 months ago, and was shown around by two of its pupils, Vanessa and Mahir: the transformational […]
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 […]
Nice try, George. But the Pupil Premium is happening only because the Lib Dems are in government
by Stephen Tall on September 30, 2013
Who has made sure the Pupil Premium is being delivered in Government? Pretty straightforward question, you might think: the Liberal Democrats. Not if you’re George Osborne, though… “I sit at that Cabinet table and I know who has really put forward the policies that are delivering a fairer society. The pupil premium to support the […]
Clegg: “Every primary school pupil should be able to sit down to a hot, healthy lunch with their classmates every day”
by Stephen Tall on September 17, 2013
Nick Clegg’s speech to the Lib Dem conference on Wednesday will contain one new, significant policy announcement: all pupils at infant schools in England are to get free school lunches from next September. In addition, disadvantaged students at sixth form colleges and further education colleges in England will also be eligible for free school meals […]
CentreForum Liberal Hero of the Week #39: Diane Abbott
by Stephen Tall on June 17, 2013
Liberal Hero of the Week (and occasional Villains) is chosen by Stephen Tall, Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, and Research Associate at CentreForum. The series showcases those who promote any of the four liberal tenets identified in The Orange Book — economic, personal, political and social liberalism — regardless of party affiliation and from beyond Westminster. If […]
On Budget day: What Lib Dem members think of the Coalition’s economic policy and ring-fencing of spending
by Stephen Tall on March 20, 2013
Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 650 party members have responded, and we’re publishing the full results. Just 26% of Lib Dem members support Osborne’s ‘Plan A’ Thinking of the current state of [...]
A reply to Iain Dale’s post, ‘Eastleigh by-election gets dirty’
by Stephen Tall on February 16, 2013
Here’s a quick response to Iain Dale’s blog-post Eastleigh by-election gets dirty, itself a response to my post earlier today, So this is why the Tories have been trying to keep their Eastleigh candidate quiet. I like Iain, admire his (…)
