some very good stuff at 'burningourmoney'


one of the best cartoons i've seen
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mJmwQtPmusk/SvCc2jwgEEI/AAAAAAAAEPE/9ySo_3xAWjA/s1600-h/bank+robbery.jpg

oecd financial deficits chart
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mJmwQtPmusk/SvAB06zV6GI/AAAAAAAAEO8/Bu172wts0VM/s640/fiscal-deficits---oecd.gif



socialist government trying to criminalise parents who put
    their children's education above 'new' labour social
    engineering

http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/search/label/Schools

"    * Reading - down from 7th in 2000 to 17th in 2006
    * Maths - down from 8th to 24th
    * Science - down from 4th to 14th

So cost up - huge - and performance down - huge"


regards

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