tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post5891222390017903399..comments2024-01-11T10:25:57.007+00:00Comments on Labour of Gove: Con-Watch: That Michael Gove is a Very Odd CoveChris Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-91340738915697536432008-10-02T00:23:00.000+01:002008-10-02T00:23:00.000+01:00"Oo, er, sorry Diablo, you may be right."I am righ..."Oo, er, sorry Diablo, you may be right."<BR/><BR/>I am right, Chris. Read the speech more carefully and understand that this is a serious proposal to improve the standard of education for all children in this country. Don't just dismiss it because the Conservatives have proposed it.Ted Foanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497077127882545545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-4574862792609896502008-10-01T13:33:00.000+01:002008-10-01T13:33:00.000+01:00If a charity was to set up one of the Blair/Brown ...If a charity was to set up one of the Blair/Brown Academies, would they get charitable status?<BR/><BR/>And what about voluntary aided schools?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-44570808285593953192008-10-01T13:01:00.000+01:002008-10-01T13:01:00.000+01:00EHC - you are indeed correct about "public" school...EHC - you are indeed correct about "public" schools. Many of them were charitable institutions for us paupers. Then the earth turned on its head and the rich muscled in ... being as they were better than many of the private schools.<BR/><BR/>Eton was I think one of the latter, and it's still a bit dodgy by the look of some of the products.<BR/><BR/>As for Harrods ... aren't they specialising in assassination conspiracies just now? Nothing charitable about that! Leave Phil alone. He's a gent.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-1957820445297188902008-10-01T12:10:00.000+01:002008-10-01T12:10:00.000+01:00If Harrods did that I'd stop going.If Harrods did that I'd stop going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-16698626911337674932008-10-01T11:44:00.000+01:002008-10-01T11:44:00.000+01:00Apparently, most independent schools are called "p...Apparently, most independent schools are called "public schools" because originally they were established in order to educate the sons of those who could not afford private education.<BR/><BR/>As time passed, the took in more and more from the monied classes and usually retained a tiny scholarship system or bursaries. In this way they have been entitled to keep their charitable status.<BR/><BR/>It is rather like Harrods being able to claim charitable status if once a year they treated a homeless person to a free cappucino in the restaurant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-65895877187656075632008-10-01T08:31:00.000+01:002008-10-01T08:31:00.000+01:00Oo, er, sorry Diablo, you may be right. This was o...Oo, er, sorry Diablo, you may be right. This was on as aural wallpaper. I must say the nanny state stuff caught my attention more than the burning up existing community schools that dearly need investment at the market stake. Independent schools are charities are they not? For some reason.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-2410509600097050942008-10-01T00:40:00.000+01:002008-10-01T00:40:00.000+01:00"....to build and run schools for shareholder prof..."....to build and run schools for shareholder profit."<BR/><BR/>Wrong again, Chris. This is explicitly not the case.Ted Foanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497077127882545545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-17438676567967372712008-10-01T00:29:00.000+01:002008-10-01T00:29:00.000+01:00I was quite pleased with myself for having remembe...I was quite pleased with myself for having remembered it, until you had to go and remind me of Jerry Hayes. Now I won't need the cheese to give me nightmares!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-4588721271460821422008-10-01T00:19:00.000+01:002008-10-01T00:19:00.000+01:00A Stab In The Dark was a British television progra...A Stab In The Dark was a British television programme of topical monologues and discussion screened on Channel 4 in 1992.<BR/><BR/>It was hosted by comedian David Baddiel, journalist and future Conservative MP Michael Gove and critic and television presenter Tracey MacLeod.<BR/><BR/>The monologues, often containing very dark humour, were delivered straight to camera by each host in turn before a small studio audience on a stark set with numerous staircases. Sometimes relevant guests were invited on to further or contradict a point, including Conservative MPs Jerry Hayes and Alan Clark.<BR/><BR/>I don't feel like punching him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-47727742640524479622008-09-30T21:23:00.000+01:002008-09-30T21:23:00.000+01:00I'm sure I remember many yaers ago a 'yoof' progra...I'm sure I remember many yaers ago a 'yoof' programme on either Channel 4 or BBC2 that featured a group of street cred presenters plus a weird looking schoolboyesque jack-in-the-box by the name of Michael Gove. His task was to flit among the audience and make contoversial remarks on 'issues of the day'. On xserveral occasions he was on the verge of a well-deserved thumping - not that I'm advocating violence.<BR/><BR/>Everybody I have mentioned this to looks at me as though I am odd - well, the few that know who Michael Gove is do.<BR/><BR/>Can anybody else recall tbis programme or have I been eating too much cheese before going to bed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com