Archive for January 2010
Read all about it…
Posted by: melissabenn on: January 30, 2010
Below, three links to Melissa’s latest journalism: * Opinion piece in this week’s Public Finance on why neither party can win the class war. * An in depth interview in The Guardian today with Mary Foley, an extraordinary woman, who has forgiven her daughter’s killer. * A review in this week’s New Statesman on Kate [...]
Divide and school
Posted by: melissabenn on: January 17, 2010
Read Melissa Benn’s latest post on the Guardian’s Comment is Free website on the emerging two tier exam system in our education system.
Do the maths………..
Posted by: melissabenn on: January 10, 2010
Excellent article by Will Hutton also in today’s Observer about class and private education, the great taboo – yes, still – in public and political debate. For the moment, I will simply refer to one statistic quoted by Hutton. Ten million people in this country earn £15000 a year or less, and there are a [...]
Go Ed!
Posted by: melissabenn on: January 10, 2010
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I’m glad to see Ed Miliband, in his Observer article today, nail the lie that there remains a yawning gap between so called aspirational citizens and so called core Labour voters. Miliband talks instead of self interest and shared interest, and the need for Labour to build on common values rather than make a lame [...]
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