Comments on: Tom Watson describes the moment that he lost it with Gove

By: AndyN

AndyN — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:04:36 +0000

Labour rebuilt or refurbished over 4000 schools during the past 13 years, it increased funding for education from ~£2000 per pupil to ~£6000 per pupil.

…..and 20% of school leavers are functionally illiterate and/or innumerate. Employers all over the country are reporting that applicants are arriving for interview with a hatful of GCSEs and a big sense of entitlement – but are unable to compose a four-sentence email without spelling mistakes or set up a basic Excel spreadsheet.

Quintessential Labour – spend three times as much money on everything and accomplish half as much.

You have absolutely *no* idea what the f**k your talking about!!!

Oh, this is priceless – someone vehemently supporting Labour education policy who doesn’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re”! It’s almost beyond parody.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:33:05 +0000

@DRXL

“What’s the buildings got to do with delivering proper education, FFS?”

What planet are you living on? You have absolutely *no* idea what the fuck your talking about!!! Labour rebuilt or refurbished over 4000 schools during the past 13 years, it increased funding for education from ~£2000 per pupil to ~£6000 per pupil.

Labour’s record on education is almost entirely positive!

By: Barry McCanna

Barry McCanna — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:17:34 +0000

What a champion, not. I might have been impressed had you spoken up when your former PM (the one before Brown, remember?) misled the house over WMDs. As it was you merely showed yourself up, yet again.

By: Raoul

Raoul — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:43:59 +0000

Embarrassing and slightly thuggish. You sounded like you were arguing over a knocked over beer at a wetherspoons , rather than something as important as education. Ad hominem attacks are always pathetic.

By: DRXL

DRXL — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:43:31 +0000

Quite right, PeeJay, NuLiebor had 13 years to deliver improvements to Education, Education, Education but managed (wrong word, I know!) barely to scratch the surface, bulls*****s that they are!

What’s the buildings got to do with delivering proper education, FFS?

By: Bucks Man

Bucks Man — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:07:02 +0000

Who ate all the pies.

By: PeeJay

PeeJay — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:40:38 +0000

Yawn, yawn, yawn.

The tax-payer owes the student a sound education, not modern architecture. I went to some very austere schools, schools that certainly aren’t up to EU health & safety requirements yet I still had an excellent education.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:40:22 +0000

@Tom Watson

Your outburst showed the passion and anger that is being ignited inside the Labour party and the wider progressive alliance by the Tories and the back stabbing, quisling Lib Dems. We must harness this energy and direct it to taking back every level of government.

I found watching it again and again a very cathartic experience. I loathe that smug little simpering tosser Gove and I could have only gained greater satisfaction if you’d actually beaten him unconscious.

By: Editor

Editor — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:35:10 +0000

Tom has contributed this article to the site – but the site is not his. You can find his at http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/

By: BlairSupporter

BlairSupporter — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:44:51 +0000

“Statesmanlike”?

THIS is statesmanlike – http://keeptonyblairforpm.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/10-tony-blairs-the-legacy-freedom-democracy-generational-priceless/

To paraphrase Aaronovitch – tonibler 9. tomwatizat 0.

Btw, Tom – your anti-spam clue could/should have been – ‘Which former Labour Prime Minister’s name rhymes with “care”?’