Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Lake District National Park authority criticises the Government for scrapping Lakes Line electrification, as Farron urges rethink
The Lake District National Park Authority have slammed the Government's decision to cancel the proposed electrification of the lakes line.
7 Sep 2017
Farron blasts Government for thinking that the North only includes big cities
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today blasted the Government's decision to meet exclusively with big city mayors to discuss Northern Powerhouse plans as "outrageous" and "foolish".
7 Sep 2017
MP calls for new Kendal car park to be free
Following the news this week that the New Road car park is to close, local MP Tim Farron has called for its replacement at Beezon Fields to be free-of-charge for drivers.
7 Sep 2017
MAKING CHOICES IN EDUCATION
A grammar school down south has been recently shamed into back tracking on a decision to cherry pick which of its Sixth Formers it officially enters for A levels. It doesn't surprise me at all with the emphasis on league tables that has increased dramatically over the past 30 years. It's largely a 'dog-eat-dog' world out there in today's secondary education, both for students, parents and competing schools. When I was still teaching in the 1990s my comprehensive school operated more or less an open door for students wishing to take their studies further than GCSE. This was certainly not the case with all local secondary schools. It was common knowledge that at least two, possibly more, 'successful' local comprehensives, insisted that a student achieved at least a B in a subject at GCSE to continue to study it at A level. One of the schools even allegedly had a ploy to weed out certain students as early as the end of Year Nine, suggesting that they try their luck elsewhere. For 11 plus, read 14 plus?
JMLSNH
6 Sep 2017
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6 Sep 2017
Cable on Brexit
Vince Cable was on Radio 4 on Tuesday morning - jump to 2 hours 48 minutes - on the subject of the bill to incorporate EU law into domestic law.
6 Sep 2017