QCA broken – While despite everything I can’t stand Ed Balls, I should state I was satisfied to see the administration making some move to battle back against the outlandish hot air about how exams are getting less demanding. The media, ever anxious to gush awesome features, detailed not long ago that the National Curriculum and Examinations Standards were dropping…
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Chavez; turning out to be a bit of a bastard?
A fascinating article from centrist thinkers over at Harry’s Place, home of the pro-war left, yesterday. It discusses the release of the International Trade Union Congress’ 2007 report on trade union rights violations from across the world. Hugo Chavez is a pretty controversial figure, not least because from the lemmings of the Socialist Worker’s Party and from the International Marxist…
Hugo Chavez; continued from this morning
Since reading the Harry’s Place entry making a dig at Hugo Chavez’ record on trade union rights, I’ve now had a chance to look over the International Trade Union Federation report on Venezuela. I have never subscribed to an entirely uncritical view of Chavez and it appears that those things for which people supported him may be diminishing. In any…