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Graham Bland
@grahambland.bsky.social
https://blandrivaud.consulting Music Education consultant. Also Consultants for education leaders, local government, charities and business. Helping navigate complex challenges to achieve remarkable outcomes. Specialist in managing change and finance.
Gove, Wilshaw and Spielman. The ‘Clockwork Orange’ gang of the English Education system.
March 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Not the greatest article I’ve ever read. I don’t think the author knows exactly where she sits as far as required diplomatic caution is concerned.
March 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
How very democratic of you… NOT. Do go away and shine your shoes.
January 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There is always something to wait for. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good but … “They also serve who only stand and wait”. (I know the origin of the quote.
January 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Well let’s at least wait and see - this government has had 3 working months since the election and the RW press has been desperately trying to destroy them. I know that it is a mixture of disinformation, misinformation and propaganda but it’s loud and relentless.
January 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The article, which is fairly balanced, clearly lays the blame at the Tories door. I know that UC as they operated it actually prevented people who wanted to from getting back to work. Many people with disabilities need reasonable adjustments which should include partial benefits and partial income.
January 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
There were 5 Secretaries of State who ran DWP between 2014 and July 2018. FIVE! Their procedures were heartless and heartbreaking! I know from my own lived experiences. I am Daniel Blake was spot on 😢😢
January 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This was, of course, the Tory government whose PIP procedures were rightfully condemned. This originated with the heartless I D-S 😡🤮
January 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It’s the Desperatograph!
January 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
You totally missed the point. It’s about American insurance companies using AI to deny claims after treatment. I’m pretty sure that AI would do a better job than the Tory systems for assessing entitlement to things like PIP!
January 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
They haven’t. It’s never edifying when you have to clean up the mess that the teenagers left when they partied while you were away … but someone’s got to do it! The list of Tory failure and corruption is too long for the character limit but it’s well known anyway. The lettuce won 😂😂
December 14, 2024 at 2:07 PM
So I guess you would just keep paying for rich Tory pensioners’ Christmas presents forever would you? 😂😂
December 14, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Oh. Just to help your understanding I’m at the ground now waiting for kick off. The room just moved 😂😂
December 7, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Now. How about you actually answer some of your questions like - what would you do?
December 7, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Many asylum seekers have no papers! If they presented themselves at border control without papers and/or with unacceptable papers of origin they would be denied entry. Hence the Calais issue. France offered to host a processing centre in Calais. Shithead Tories said no! Brexit again. Simples.
December 7, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Well! You seem to have adopted the Farage approach of asking questions but providing no answers. You don’t seem to actually understand responses in any real sense which is a pity. Put simply; because of Brexit and some rancid Home Secretaries UK no longer accepts asylum applications from abroad.
December 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM
You’ve seen my responses. Right now I have a football match to attend (OGC Nice v Le Havre- I live in Nice) so; á bientôt monsieur. Bon chance. Moi, Je ne regrette rien! Bon journée.
December 7, 2024 at 3:21 PM