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Feral Kid · 05-12-2007

I think Blair has been a complete disaster.

He wanted to get more people into university to demonstrate the point that lower class/underprivileged people could now get a privileged education under Labour. Unfortunately, you can't suddenly increase the intelligence of the mass population to allow them to enter university. So, he had to reduce the intake standards.

He reduced them so much that now the top 50% of the population enters university compared to the top 5%. Obviously this can't be funded by the government, hence tuition fees. Who is less likely to want to take on debt to cover a university degree. Yep, you guessed, lower class/underprivileged people.

The erosion in examination standards has led to employers not knowing who is actually able or not because A grades are now the norm. Universities and employers are now looking towards the international baccalaureate in place of A' levels. This is because A' levels have become useless as a measure of ability.

What about wasting money on extortionate private finance initiatives to fund new hospitals (and schools). More interested in meeting self produced targets than gettting actual work done. Targets, unfortunately a John Major leftover that Tony loved.

The there are the lies. Not the obvious Iraq ones but the distortions over unemployment figures. The distortions over amounts of money spent. The obsession with targets to measure how well Labour are doing.

What about NHS deserts for dentists who the governmen screwed. Soon to be done with legal aid lawyers (he's already done it to criminal lawyers). Amazingly these things don't hit the headlines, just a small paragraph inside.

Obviously, with our increased education and intelligence we don't want trifling issues like that, we want heavy weight headlines about Eastenders or the latest problems besetting the most recent no-mark addition to the celebrity ranks.

What about Brown? How did he get away with the great pension robbery. His deeds are far worse than Maxwells (on an overall level). Brown's much sneakier though. He has to be, half of us have now got a university education, so we're not mugs.

There's just so much more but my fingers are tired.

Great Britain............. land of hype and glory. (Thanks Tony).

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Feral Kid Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 19	Re: Blair - Good or Bad? I think Blair has been a complete disaster. He wanted to get more people into university to demonstrate the point that lower class/underprivileged people could now get a privileged education under Labour. Unfortunately, you can't suddenly increase the intelligence of the mass population to allow them to enter university. So, he had to reduce the intake standards. He reduced them so much that now the top 50% of the population enters university compared to the top 5%. Obviously this can't be funded by the government, hence tuition fees. Who is less likely to want to take on debt to cover a university degree. Yep, you guessed, lower class/underprivileged people. The erosion in examination standards has led to employers not knowing who is actually able or not because A grades are now the norm. Universities and employers are now looking towards the international baccalaureate in place of A' levels. This is because A' levels have become useless as a measure of ability. What about wasting money on extortionate private finance initiatives to fund new hospitals (and schools). More interested in meeting self produced targets than gettting actual work done. Targets, unfortunately a John Major leftover that Tony loved. The there are the lies. Not the obvious Iraq ones but the distortions over unemployment figures. The distortions over amounts of money spent. The obsession with targets to measure how well Labour are doing. What about NHS deserts for dentists who the governmen screwed. Soon to be done with legal aid lawyers (he's already done it to criminal lawyers). Amazingly these things don't hit the headlines, just a small paragraph inside. Obviously, with our increased education and intelligence we don't want trifling issues like that, we want heavy weight headlines about Eastenders or the latest problems besetting the most recent no-mark addition to the celebrity ranks. What about Brown? How did he get away with the great pension robbery. His deeds are far worse than Maxwells (on an overall level). Brown's much sneakier though. He has to be, half of us have now got a university education, so we're not mugs. There's just so much more but my fingers are tired. Great Britain............. land of hype and glory. (Thanks Tony).