Lessons in political spin for lost generation in failing schools

the Opinion column by Nick Clegg (Yorkshire Post, May 15) commenting on the education system to an audience of school children looked and sounded like another boring election/party political speech.

Judging from the expressions of the audience in the accompanying photograph, his diatribe fell on stony ground and it is certain that none of those students will have gained anything from the speech other than a contempt for politicians of all persuasions with a few exceptions.

In the following day’s Opinion column, this time featuring Red Ed Miliband, squirming up to the student nurses at the RCN Congress at Harrogate, we witness again the empty rhetoric and blatant political campaigning.

There is an arguable case for taking the essential services out of the hands of politicians and giving it to professionals from within the service to be run on a par with the private sector without the amateurish intervention of politicians who come and go with elections.

From: James Anthony Bulmer, Peel Street, Horbury, Wakefield.

POLITICS of recent years gives one images of both the silent and the first talking movies.

The latest episode was brought to mind when TV showed schools that for 10 years or more had been on the verge of collapsing and had cost millions to patch up.

The vision of Stan Laurel – alias Tony Blair – and his “education, education, education” jumped immediately to mind.

Then came the second vision of Oliver Hardy – alias David Cameron – quoting the famous saying: “Another fine mess you’ve got me into Stanley.”

It would appear that the last government not only overspent but completely ignored the basics in life.

In this instance, education was the be all and end all, and yet, the establishments for education were virtually ignored and allowed to rot.

This has now left the coalition with a further headache. Where will it get millions of pounds it needs to rebuild all these schools?

Was this once more related to the ever-increasing gap of the North-South divide, particularly with the North being a Labour stronghold and did Stan Laurel help to get us into the present financial mess?

Have things like this helped towards the present depletion in the ranks of the Keystone Cops and of course, the unrest amongst the tutors at St Trinian’s?

When can we expect the movie Comedy of Errors filmed at Ealing studios?