The social base of the old Tory Party has disappeared as surely as that of Labour, argues ANDREW MURRAY – today’s right are the debased offspring of a capitalism that speculates without investing and profits without producing
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Consign Ofsted to the dustbin of history, now!
The teaching watchdog was declared 'not fit for purpose' in 2007. The time has come to abolish it once and for all, writes BERNIE EVANS
TIME TO ACT ON PROMISE: Education secretary, Bridget Phillipson at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool in September
SEVIM DAGDELEN says European Nato states are escalating ever closer to direct conflict with a nuclear power, and sacrificing welfare states built up over a century to finance it
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
IAN SINCLAIR examines the curious memory lapses across liberal media when it comes to British government crimes
STEPHEN ARNELL looks at some of the notorious political corruption cases from British history
ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING
MUCH has been written about England’s teaching watchdog, Ofsted, in recent months, with the conclusion generally being that the obvious bullying by inspectors has to stop, and that its one-word judgements have to go.
A more sensible judgement, however, would be to say that Ofsted has never worked properly, too often the tool of government, too often responsible for inaccurate judgements, and in need, not of reform, but of banishment to the history books where it belongs.
Now we have what surely must be the final straw — even our myopic government cannot ignore the latest revelations about its failing schools inspectorate.
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