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The Hash The UK Has Made Of Edukashun - Can We Be Surprised?

The number of children identified with learning difficulties in England is five times the European average because schools too often classify under-performing pupils as having special educational needs, it was claimed last night.A fifth of pupils, or 1.6million, have been identified as having special educational needs (SEN).They represent 19.8 per cent of the school population, compared with an EU average of 4 per cent, according to an analysis of European Commission figures from 29 countries.The statistics are revealed in a book from the ARK Schools chain of academies and the CentreForum think-tank which claims youngsters are being routinely over-classified as having SEN.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286259/UK-FIVE-times-special-needs-pupils-EU-average-Schools-accused-classifying-poor-performers-having-learning-difficulties.html#ixzz2MG04vhyK

Eastleigh.

Diane James On The Campaign Trail.

It's TODAY.
David Cameron's leadership will be in crisis if the Conservatives come third in the Eastleigh byelection behind the Liberal Democrats and Ukip, the prominent rightwing Tory David Davis has warned. Guardian.
(Rightwing? Dave Davis? - Possibly more right than most of his colleagues in what is now a liberal left party!)

Hugo Chavez Embraces Christ!

"I'm clinging to Christ and trusting in my doctors and nurses," Chávez said on his Twitter account. "Onward toward victory always!! We will live and we will triumph!!"
Read more at http://global.christianpost.com/news/hugo-chavez-clinging-to-christ-following-cancer-surgery-90267/#CqC0OcEO6ES0hvYI.99

Cameron Wrong - AGAIN!

Licensing officers and lawyers dealing with the sale of alcohol have raised more doubts about the Coalition’s plans to restrict the sale of drinks in England and Wales.

Driven by the Prime Minister, the Government has proposed a minimum legal price for a unit of alcohol sold, to be set at 45p, pushing up the cost of some drinks. Some discounts would also be banned.
Mr Cameron has suggested that his curbs on drinks sales will reduce problem drinking.
But that claim has been challenged by the Institute of Licensing, which represents licensing officers, lawyers and police officers dealing with alcohol.
In a response a Government consultation on its plans, the institute said many of its members do not believe Mr Cameron’s changes would address the problems he has identified. Telegraph.

Ukip's History.

http://www.ukip.org/page/ukip-history

God's Plan.

Atheism? - 90% Fair Assessment.

Coalition For Marriage.

Watch Coalition for Marriage give evidence to the Public Bill Committee

Watch C4M give evidence to the Public Bill Committee here (30m 48s) >

The Coalition for Marriage has given evidence to the Public Bill Committee which is currently scrutinising the Government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. Watch a clip here >

You can also contribute at this stage of the Bill's progress...

The Bill is currently at what is called the "committee stage" in the House of Commons. This is where a committee of MPs hears evidence and considers the details of the Bill. This stage should be complete by 12th March.

You can send a written submission to the Committee outlining your concerns. Details here > Christian Concern.

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Groping Peer.

Groping claims WERE part of reason Lord Rennard was forced out as Lib Dem chief executive in 2009, Clegg admits

The Deputy Prime Minister said sexual harassment claims against the former Liberal Democrat chief executive had been a factor in his early retirement – ostensibly on health grounds – in 2009. Mail.

SHAME on any voter in Eastleigh who fails to punish Clegg in the coming by-election for both Rennard and Huhne.

Mole-In-The-Know.

In spite of all of this, MITK has had his nose beneath the ground in that constituency and informs me that the 'party machine' for the Lib Dems there is so well-organised that a LibDem victory seems the likely outcome.

If You Ask 'What?' - You Have Some Real Spiritual Dead Areas In Your Life!

The So-Called Gospel Of Philip.

Want to know why the Gospel Of Philip could not make it into The New Testament?
Apart from the rather minor point that it dated to the THIRD Century - I have read portions of it and the weakness of the language; the expression; the earthly need 'to explain' - and its lack of all 'guts and power' clearly disqualify it. It does not even possess that 'feel' of Scripture.
I have noticed this absence of substance in The Book Of Mormon and a variety of other religious, charlatan-produced guff.

Don't Just 'Talk The Talk'.

Mad, Mad, Mad.

The armed forces could be forced to find cuts of £11 billion over the next decade as a result of chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming spending review, a defence think-tank has warned.Professor Malcolm Chalmers, research director at the Royal United Services Institute, said comments made by ministers implied the Ministry of Defence faced another real terms reduction of £1.1 billion in its annual budget.
Huffington Post.

Latvian Lunacy.

The euro has been "a guiding light" for economic reform, Latvia's central bank governor told MEPs on Tuesday. EU Observer.

Right Until The ECHR Sez We Can't Do It!

David Cameron has ordered ministers to “think like Conservatives” (PIC: TIM CLARKE) In an exclusive interview with the Daily Express, the Prime Minister revealed that newcomers are to be banned from claiming legal aid in cases involving benefits, housing and other civil claims.

Hmm.

The Unfunny Joke Which Is Italian Politics.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285027/Mr-Cleggs-voting-comedian-whos-exposed-joke-euro-is.html

Living In The Spirit.

Compassion In World Farming - A Worthy Cause For Us Carnivores To Uphold.

From: Mr and Mrs G Collins, Heathfield, Adel, Leeds. Yorks Post.
THE current horsemeat scandal is only the tip of the iceberg. Most of the meat in our supermarkets gives no information regarding the welfare of the animals we eat.

Defra estimates that 27 per cent of chickens go lame before being sent to slaughter. That means around 200 million a year in pain. Our pork could come from pigs who have had their tails docked without anaesthetic and who live their lives in barren pens (no straw) and on slippery slatted floors.
Higher welfare products do carry “free range” or “organic” labels but with other products we will not know how the animals lived or died.
Compassion in World Farming are campaigning for compulsory labelling of all animal products so that we can all know how and where the animals were reared, for how long they were transported and how they were killed. We believe that it is high time that we consumers are given this information in order that we can make intelligent and compassionate choices.