Edgycayshun

A new report by the Department for Education says a third of children in the UK leave primary school (ie at 11 years old) without reaching the required standard in reading, writing and arithmetic.

I have probably said this before, but it is almost as if we were determined to make sure the working classes weren't educated, so they didn't get ideas about self-advancement. As it is, with education improving at dramatic rates in India and China, and the young people there prepared to work for far lower wages than ours, many will be reduced to welfare dependency for life.

Tony Blair came to power saying his three most important tasks were education, education and education. What we didn't realise then was that he thought just saying it was enough.

Now, something needs to be done.