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Education, Education, Ed...show me the money

When Labour came to power in 1997 Tony Blair parrotted his mantra, Education, education, education. But as it became clear all that was on Blair's mind was money, money, money his own Labour MPs began to get disgruntled. Your ideas for education reform favour the rich, they said. Well who should ride to the rescue of Nu Lab nu - learning but New Improbed Tory Boy David Cameron. Says it all really.

Education, Education, Edu - Show me the money


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Ian Thorpe@ 2005-12-13
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Forgive me for feeling like a smug bastard but once again I have been proved years ahead of the mainstream in my thinking. A friend remind me of a conversation we had years ago when, after the unfortunate death of John Smith we were discussing the prospects of the new Labour Leader.

Amid much wailing and gnashing of teeth we held up silver crucifixes, chewed garlic and recited protection spells. " Oh Lords of the four winds, Oh Great Mother Goddess of All Things, Oh Guardians of Sidhe, Save us from ............. TORY BOY.

Yes, the new patron of the peoples' party looked for all the world like those frightful Hooray Henries who throughout the eighties had brayed obnoxious phrases like "it's impossible to be over-privileged, one is either privileged or one is a prole"; and; "proles ask how can we move to where there is work? Simple, just call Harrods and they take care of everything."

And of course Blair proved to be just such a creature, albeit with better presentation skills. So deft in fact were his presentation skills that he managed to fool the electorate into voting for him in three General Elections.

But now even the most loyal labourite, David Blunkett, has had enough of the leader's constant sucking up to the rich and powerful, e.g. "'ere Mr Murdoch sir, don't you be beating that starving, wheelchair bound, educationally disadvantaged blind fellow with that awful heavy stick sir. Such onerous tasks are beneath your eminent self sir, your highnessness. Let New Labour do it for you. Ho yes sir, the likes of us sir, we hought to know our place and halways be willing to do the dirty work for you rich people what are clearly the beloved of God sir."

The loyal (well while he had his trousers on at least) Blunkett is said to be organising opposition within the Labour ranks to Blair's plan to sell of education provision to rich American corporations who will indoctrinate our kids with religious bigotry and demand fat fees in return for that dubious service.

But Blair need not worry, for who is promising support for the Education Bill? Its the Eton Rifles led by New Improved Tory Boy. David Cameron has pledged to support Blair "when he is right" i.e. whenever he comes up with a plan to hand money so painfully extracted from the British middle and working classes and hand it over to fat rich fascists who have promised to do absolutely nothing in return.




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