Spin Time

[Mr Celine]

Whatever can we do about that? I'm sure I remember David Blunkett as education secretary saying too many kids were achieving below average and he was going to sort it out. Did he fail?

Wasn't that Michael Gove?

Q98 Chair: One is: if "good" requires pupil performance to exceed the national average, and if all schools must be good, how is this mathematically possible?
Michael Gove: By getting better all the time.
Q99 Chair: So it is possible, is it?
Michael Gove: It is possible to get better all the time.
Q100 Chair: Were you better at literacy than numeracy, Secretary of State?
Michael Gove: I cannot remember.

 

[Ian H]

Wasn't that Michael Gove?

A friend of mine has a penchant for arguing on Facebóók (each to their own). He once wrote, in passing, that 49% of people were of below average intelligence, and got a furious series of responses from someone demanding to know where he got that figure from, how was it arrived at, who did the research, etc.

 

[Psamathe]

A friend of mine has a penchant for arguing on Facebóók (each to their own). He once wrote, in passing, that 49% of people were of below average intelligence, and got a furious series of responses from someone demanding to know where he got that figure from, how was it arrived at, who did the research, etc.

<offtopic>But as I posted elsewhere sometime ago, I an fortunate in that I have an above average number of legs (as do most people).</offtopic>

Ian

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My prediction is that

a) They will identify the "lots of people" doing DEI jobs
and discover that it is about 3 people in HR so they will sack them

b) they will start to investigate "all the huge amounts of waste" and look for auditors to check it all out
and discover that the people qualified to do this no longer work for councils because they charge more than the councils can pay
so they will sack some people anyway such as HR people who do "nothing useful"


and in a few years time they will start to get sued for discrimination and lack of training for people in a variety of ways
which is why those people were employed in the first place

and they will save some money - but only in ways that cost more money overall

but then - I could be wrong

CLEARLY they will not be needing to go to the Government and ask for more money

 

[Ian H]

<offtopic>But as I posted elsewhere sometime ago, I an fortunate in that I have an above average number of legs (as do most people).</offtopic>

Ian

But intelligence is mostly not bipolar (except possibly in dolphins and the like).

 

[Beebo]

<offtopic>But as I posted elsewhere sometime ago, I an fortunate in that I have an above average number of legs (as do most people).</offtopic>

Ian

Depends on what average you are using.
The mode and median will both be 2.
Mean will be 1.99.

 

[Ian H]

Mean will be 1.99.

That's a bit limp.

 

[icowden]

So looking at the latest party stats from the Beeb:

Reform have gained 677 councillors and the Conservatives have lost 676.
Labour have lost 186 councillors and the Lib Dems have gained 183 Councillors between them.

I am thinking that Tories are voting reform and Labourites are voting Lib Dem or Green (depending on area). Some independents have also been replaced by Green or Lib Dem.

There does seem to be a maths issue on the Beeb as there are 885 gains and 882 losses overall. 3 Councillors appear to have spontaneously combusted.

In terms of councils, Reform have gained only 10 despite having many more councillors, and Lib Dems have gained 3. Tories have lost 16 and Labour only 1. 4 more are NOC.

It's actually not a particularly bad day for Labour, but a terrible one for the Conservative Party. I suspect both the Lib Dems and Greens will be happy.

 

[briantrumpet]

So looking at the latest party stats from the Beeb:

Reform have gained 677 councillors and the Conservatives have lost 676.
Labour have lost 186 councillors and the Lib Dems have gained 183 Councillors between them.

I am thinking that Tories are voting reform and Labourites are voting Lib Dem or Green (depending on area). Some independents have also been replaced by Green or Lib Dem.

There does seem to be a maths issue on the Beeb as there are 885 gains and 882 losses overall. 3 Councillors appear to have spontaneously combusted.

In terms of councils, Reform have gained only 10 despite having many more councillors, and Lib Dems have gained 3. Tories have lost 16 and Labour only 1. 4 more are NOC.

It's actually not a particularly bad day for Labour, but a terrible one for the Conservative Party. I suspect both the Lib Dems and Greens will be happy.

I'm inclined to agree with Henig.