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Mark James

@Mark__James

Out of Home worker. Norwich City, Bedford Blues & England cricket fan. 49/92 ⚽️All views my own etc etc

Bedford Katılım Mart 2009
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Laura Trott MP
Laura Trott MP@LauraTrottMP·
What has Labour really done to education? They have taken a wrecking ball to the cross party consensus that drove up school standards across this country. Labour looked at the evidence and chose ideology instead. They are following Wales down the same failed path. They promised that taxing education would create 6,500 new teachers. There are 400 fewer teachers. The Government claimed only 3,000 pupils would leave the private sector after their vindictive tax. The DfE’s own figures now show around 11,000 fewer pupils in private schools by mid 2025. And meanwhile schools are being pushed into the red by Rachel Reeves’ jobs tax & unfunded pay rises. Ministers talk about teacher satisfaction while the threat of strikes grow. Labour have failed to help students trapped on Plan 2 loans. They are doing nothing about dead end degrees that leave young people buried in debt with no serious job prospects. They have botched Ofsted reform and weakened accountability across the system. They have even made it illegal for people to donate school uniforms 🤯 They axed higher level apprenticeships and starts among U25 year olds fell in the last academic year. After dragging their feet for 18 months, they have watered down the guidance on gender questioning in schools. Children as young as 5 can according to their guidance “socially transition” at primary school. This is wrong. The £2 billion SEND blackhole remains & Labour will not tell parents whether the money will come from schools or SEND provision. Childcare costs have only been cut in half because Conservative reforms are working. Reforms Labour opposed every step of the way. Attendance has seen its best improvement in over a decade because they continued the changes that were already working. Behaviour remains a crisis in schools. Social media is fuelling violence and knife crime. Labour mocked our calls to ban phones in schools and introduce restrictions for under 16s. Thankfully this was one of their many u turns. Knives are still being brought into schools by children as young as six. Labour blocked out proposed tougher measures to crack down on knives in schools. Their curriculum review opens the door to more ideological teaching under the banner of “citizenship” for children as young as four, taking time away from the core knowledge and skills children need. Labour rejected our amendment to give parents the right to see what their children are being taught in school. Party politics over common sense. That is Labour’s record on education. They are trashing the progress we made and the country won’t forgive them for it.
Bridget Phillipson@bphillipsonMP

The Tories haven't tabled a debate on education for the King's Speech. I wonder why? Maybe they don't want to talk about all the things Labour are doing to give children growing up in our country the best start in life – so here's your reminder. 👇

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Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn@jeremycorbyn·
This country might be about to have its 6th Prime Minister in 7 years. Why? Because they’ve all failed to take on a rigged economic system that enriches the few at the expense of us all. People want a society where children don’t go hungry. That is really not too much to ask.
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Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer·
Tomorrow vote for a party that’s on your side. Vote Labour.
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Chris
Chris@IrritableChris·
A bit like labour brazenly announced that if they won the election they would punish school children who's parents had the audacity to just want better and were spending their own money doing it. They were elected and then went ahead and did it, mid school year when they had been advised was the most damaging to children's education. That sort of vindictiveness?
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Mark Mitchener
Mark Mitchener@markofagenius·
It’s remarkable that we now live in a country where Reform brazenly announce that if they win power nationally they will punish areas of the country that didn’t vote for them. Let that sink in, and make sure Reform never get that opportunity
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Second Tier podcast
Second Tier podcast@secondtierpod·
Which mid-season appointed manager has had the best impact this season? 🤔
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Ben 🇬🇧
Ben 🇬🇧@BenInRushcliffe·
I know everyone is different, but when Labour came to office I was paying £180 a month and now I'm paying around £135 a month for gas and electric. Around £500 less a yr.
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Maxi
Maxi@MaxiGonzalez_23·
I want to see the best photos you took at the Oasis gigs last year 📸🤳
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Puppies 🐶
Puppies 🐶@Puppieslover·
No cheating, post the last saved dog pic on your phone
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Jack Reeve
Jack Reeve@JackReeveTNC·
#NCFC going at a PPG of 1.91 under Philippe Clement, extrapolate that over the season and we'd be second. He's done it with half the squad at his disposal. The turnaround is beyond belief.
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Mark James
Mark James@Mark__James·
@JeniHooper @bphillipsonMP To be fair from all I’ve seen to date I would champion an Amoeba above Bridge. Less likely to be an educational vandal and to bring ideology to a post that should never involve it
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Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves@RachelReevesMP·
⬇️ Inflation down ⬇️ Interest rates down ⬇️ Borrowing down ⬆️ Retail sales up ⬆️ UK fastest growing European G7 economy There's more to do, but our economic plan is the right one. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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