1. Norfolk Blogger dismisses Labour's idea of training a teacher in six months.2. PoliticalBetting on a poll which will make pleasant reading for David Cameron on his first day back.
3. PR & Social Media Blog says Draper is "at it" again.
4. LibDem Voice's Mark Pack on things to bear in mind if you're trying to sell him something.
5. Grant Shapps is interviewed by Tory Radio.
6. Lord Tyler blogs on the 'usual channels'.
7. Party Lines on whether bankers in classrooms is a good idea.
8. Neil Stockley on Nick Clegg's new world order.
9. John Rentoul thinks that Liam Byrne is a change maker.
10. The Guardian politics blog on Gyles Brandreth's four rules for a good political diary.
11. Kerry McCarthy denies she is the Queen of Karaoke.
12. Nick Robinson on what none of our politicians will tell you.
7 comments:
Iain, I'm sorry to have to say this, but I'm slightly disappointed with your blog this week. Up until now, you don't seem to have written anything about the events in Northern Ireland last weekend. Nor have you said a word about the Muslim protesters in Luton. I'm surprised by your apparent silence on the two subjects.
Although on the plus side, thank you for NOT blogging about Derek Draper's latest lie about never being suspended from Twitter in the first place.
Not a Scottish blogger amongst them. Auch Iain I do despair although I realise you're soaked in the Westminster theology. Mind you good choice from an English point of view.
By the way don't think Tom Harris is a Scottish blogger, much as I enjoy his posts, he's an MP and therefore the UK is paramount in his thoughts, Scotland is only his constituency.
I suggest Tom's latest thinking is because he realises the Scots have seen through Westminster's attitude to Scotland and it's nothing to do with England subsidising Scotland if anyone had the chance to see the Diomhair programme which was stuck away on the gaelic TV channel Alba.
Grim Reaper, I am well aware my blogging has been sub standard this week. I do have a day job, which, this week has been busier than ever. I am afraid I have a living to earn, and sometimes that has to take precedence.
Baron Iain of Dale said "I am well aware my blogging has been sub standard this week. I do have a day job, which, this week has been busier than ever. I am afraid I have a living to earn, and sometimes that has to take precedence."
Fair enough. It can't be easy being a publisher of a magazine, running one of the most popular politics blogs in the country and doing about a million other things as well. Indeed, lack of time is one reason I've never actually got round to starting my own blog. That and the fact other people do it a lot better. But I digress.
To borrow and edit slightly a saying which my gran constantly uses, "keep blogging on, Iain". :)
The 6 month teacher training thing is a pretty darned good idea.
OT - Liam Byrne was on the Daily Politics today and, well, not good.
Dick the Prick said "The 6 month teacher training thing is a pretty darned good idea."
It's a very good idea. So good, infact, that most teaching unions are opposed to it. They claim that it'll dilute the quality of teachers and teaching. Nonsense. What they're really scared of is that this might bring in new teachers to the school who don't subscribe to liberal doctrines and treat the word of Teh Grauniad "newspaper" as if it were gopsel.
Mr Grim Reaper - yup, got raised by teachers, girlfriend's a teacher and they're all whinging without any foundation (it's their hobby anyway).
The staff turnover stats are phenomenal and even with training you still get pants teachers. It shouldn't be viewed as a job for life. To be fair, it's a really hard job but training doesn't help much - it ain't bomb disposal.
Bright folks doing it for a few years, cool - if only a few stay then it's a result. Next - social work has to be cleaned up - another closed shop which requires a degree in the bleedin' obvious.
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