The Academy Bill...? Well, it's not going to make anything any worse....

I was hot and tired after 2hours of being couped up in an exam room.
As I entered my house there were two things on my mind; Food and Sleep.

A letter from my school telling me they were seeking academy status was certainly not on my mind. And wasn't welcome.

Fair enough, perhaps this will benefit my own school but what about those less fortunate?

The "Every Child Matters" initiative will become;

"A child only matters if they happen to go to a school which is performing well, too bad if they go to a school in a deprived area with poor exam results and falling numbers"

Surely at a time when we are recovering from a global economic crisis we should be supporting those worse off, instead of increasing the gap between the good and the bad; the rich and the poor?

That's exactly what fast-tracking 'Outstanding' Schools to Academy Status is doing - It's the same old Tories.

It seems to me, that the only argument in favour of this policy is that it won't make anything any worse. And make the 'elite' schools the 'uber elite'.

To me; this is not a valid reason to spend lots of parliamentary time and considerable amounts of money especially at a time when the OBR have just announced that economic growth is not going to be as rapid as expected and with millions still unemployed.

Cheered up though after I received an email from the Lib Dems urging members to support a petition against the Academies Bill and reassurance that it was not a policy included within the coalition agreement.

Just 17 days in....

The Coalition has met it's first hurdle; David Laws.


It's the 29th May 2010.
And the Chief Secretary of the Treasury; David Laws has resigned, after admitting he claimed £40,000 in expenses to pay rent to his partner.
Already I can hear the Tory back benchers laughing...

The occurance has caused great embarassment for the Liberal Democrats who had taken high moral ground on the expenses catastrophe, arguing they were in a better position than the Tories and Labour after the uncovering of expenses in 2009.

Not only has the crisis bestowed embarassment upon the Lib Dems, but also the loss of a key member of the cabinet described as "exceptionally abled" by Vince Cable the Business Secretary and "good" and "honourable" by the Leader of the Tories and Prime Minister; David Cameron.

Although this situation has no doubt weakened our Cabinet's infrastructure with David Laws being replaced by the 'slightly less experienced' Danny Alexander, it has also shown the strength of this coalition - here we have a Conservative calling a Lib Dem "good" and "honourable".
The Leader of the Tories to be precise.