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Agreed. Both are bullies, desperate to impress, and both lack any hint of empathy.
The mystery is that so many people either don’t see that or don’t care.

What happened to the perceptive, witty, thought-provoking Shrimsley?
Could somebody please send the intern who is subbing for him back to the Telegraph.

Why do you describe the billionaires’ press as MSM?

They gave up the pretence long ago. Why give them credibility they don’t deserve?

Don’t feel too bad. I took my wife to a Stromae concert one year early. Six months later it was cancelled anyway.

Just wrong.

It’s good. But far from comprehensive.
Very little in there about one of the key drivers towards the possible return of sink schools: the lack of effective regulation of unethical practices by schools. Plus other negative effects of fragmentation of the system.

Strong words from Bridget Phillipson, SofS for Education at @cstvoice.bsky.social conference on
- relentless focus on attendance
- accountability for schools which are not genuinely inclusive
- widening ‘narrow’ focus on achievement
Comes across as committed to significant change.

The Girl from Ipanema is in a different league…

Or maybe he is drifting further and further towards Reform because he thinks he still has a future in politics, and that’s the only future for current Tory MPs.

You mean you haven’t read Drive Your Plough….?!
Tsk.

Disagree.
Complete Russian withdrawal from Ukraine is good for Russia and Ukraine. Just maybe not for Putin.

As set out in Sam’s book, lack of long term planning means greater expenditure for worse outcomes.

Young people are sent away from their area to expensive private provision because of lack of investment in local provision to meet their needs.

Sadly, as with PFI, funds are being diverted from state school budgets into substantial profits for private investors.

In Newham ideological opposition to special schools led to huge sums being spent on sending pupils out of borough.

Enjoyed Evan Davis’ subtle diss of the VP of US Green Party.
‘Wd Jove to talk to you more but now we’re going to talk to a man about roundabouts…’

I don’t speak Portuguese but I think I know how this guy feels about the Trossard red card…

Whose? Never mind Russian revanchism, wait till the pedants get on your case….

Source, please?

@robertshrimsley.bsky.social today’s line on Charlie Mullins - Wodehousian. 👏

…the only question mark in my mind about him concerns his face, which has transformed with his bank balance from a fairly normal visage into a look that I can best describe as Rod Stewart mid-electrocution.

Unsurprisingly, tech billionaires, for various reasons, including the fact that they tend to be very good at learning by themselves, usually completely ignore the second point.

What did we learn from lockdown?
That we are far, far away from technology being able to compensate for the loss of in-person learning.
And we should always bear in mind that most children learn socially - not just from the teacher but from being part of a shared learning experience.

Always ahead of the game, Martin!

One thing that hasn't changed about Labour since 1997 - the failure to achieve the credit for genuine achievements.

London schools improved massively between 1997 and 2007 - but that was never firmly established in public perception.

Completely agree, Leora. There is a precious opportunity here to build a more coherent system, which will help everyone working in state education and better serve our pupils.

Fascinating - almost as if someone had realised that the school system was far too fragmented.

Some great work at the ESFA, and hope initiatives such as SRMAs can be sustained, but this is an important step towards a more coherent, less confusing system.

Ofsted enlists charities' help with inclusion 'criterion' Leaders welcome focus on inclusion, but warn against creating 'perverse incentives' for schools

@ofstednews.bsky.social need to get this right this time. There is a huge gap between 'what everyone knows is happening' and what Ofsted has been prepared to call out up to now. Which is why it keeps happening.

schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-enlis...

Really not a bad idea.

What I like about Ganesh is that he can be annoying, but he is not predictable.
Unlike John Gray, who is very annoying, and as @samfr.bsky.social pointed out, has been writing the same column for years.
Good reason for buying the FT and not New Statesman regularly.

Once again, I am reminded of that unimprovable Onion headline: No Way To Stop This Says Only Nation Where This Happens

It's not just grim - they are promoting completely vile and corrosive narratives. Can't be sure that BSky will take over the bulk of X's current users, or whether there will ever again be a single dominant SMedia app of this type.

But who wants to stay on X as it sinks into the sewage...?