Comments on: Guess the columnist http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/ "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:41:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Andy Mayer http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1836 Andy Mayer Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:04:01 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1836 More to the point the Sure Start centre that Polly is lionising was a project initiated by Liberal Democrat-run Southwark council who did the work to network the various funding sources required to get it going. But then she'd know this as she was at the launch where all the contributors were represented and Cathy Bowman, Deputy Leader of the Council spoke. I agree with her though. Labour MPs should continue to visit the centre as a tribute to what happens when a useless Labour council is booted out after 40 years of running down services and replaced by Liberal Democrats who actually do some work. Incidently at that same launch meeting Harriet Harman perhaps unwisely announced that she wanted to put a penny on income tax for child care. Seems unusual for a minister to make spending commitments without reference to Brown. More to the point the Sure Start centre that Polly is lionising was a project initiated by Liberal Democrat-run Southwark council who did the work to network the various funding sources required to get it going. But then she’d know this as she was at the launch where all the contributors were represented and Cathy Bowman, Deputy Leader of the Council spoke.

I agree with her though. Labour MPs should continue to visit the centre as a tribute to what happens when a useless Labour council is booted out after 40 years of running down services and replaced by Liberal Democrats who actually do some work.

Incidently at that same launch meeting Harriet Harman perhaps unwisely announced that she wanted to put a penny on income tax for child care. Seems unusual for a minister to make spending commitments without reference to Brown.

]]> By: Tristan http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1835 Tristan Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:07:34 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1835 I do love the way that people like her lionise scandanavia, but then propose policies quite different from what takes place there. Plus they love spending other people's money... Perhaps we should follow Finland's example and actually let teachers teach and support them. Scrap the national curriculum and all these national tests and let teachers decide how to teach the children in their care. After all they are the people trained for the job, who have the experience and actually know the children. And the best education systems are those where the age of going to school is higher, because putting children in to education too early harms them, especially boys. Children must be allowed to play. That is how they learn, not through state directed programs. I do love the way that people like her lionise scandanavia, but then propose policies quite different from what takes place there.
Plus they love spending other people’s money…

Perhaps we should follow Finland’s example and actually let teachers teach and support them. Scrap the national curriculum and all these national tests and let teachers decide how to teach the children in their care. After all they are the people trained for the job, who have the experience and actually know the children.

And the best education systems are those where the age of going to school is higher, because putting children in to education too early harms them, especially boys. Children must be allowed to play. That is how they learn, not through state directed programs.

]]> By: Peter McGrath http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1834 Peter McGrath Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:02:02 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1834 Panglossian Polly? Panglossian Polly?

]]> By: phil http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1833 phil Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:27:10 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1833 True to form, Sweden is mentioned and lionised not three lines in. True to form, Sweden is mentioned and lionised not three lines in.

]]> By: Will http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1831 Will Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:05:59 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/04/07/guess-the-columnist/#comment-1831 Damn. And I was so sure it was Janet Daley. Damn. And I was so sure it was Janet Daley.

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