It’s Friday. It’s five o’clock. Here’s a fistful of lists that sum up the LDV week:
5 most-read stories on LDV this week
1. “Loathe this government if you will…” – 4 points following on from Julian Glover’s must-read Guardian article (102 comments) by Stephen Tall
2. Opinion: a broken pledge, but we knew how bad it was back in March (47 comments) by Hywel Morgan
3. EXCLUSIVE: What Lib Dem members think about Browne and tuition fees (41 comments) by Stephen Tall
4. Tuition fees – what party members believe Lib Dem MPs should do (51 comments) by Stephen Tall
5. Opinion: Cable may do enough to deserve our support (58 comments) by Ben Johnson
5 active LDV Members’ Forum threads
Why politicians should never sign personal pledges.
The Government plans to store your emails and phone calls
Equal representation for N to Z
Party President Campaign Literature
FOCUS refuseniks
5 most active groups on ACT
1. Reclaim Your Vote!
2. Coalition partners, not doormats
3. Say No to Trident
4. End Forced Adoption in the UK
5. Liberal Democrats for Drug Policy Reform
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
1. pupil premium
2. anna werrin
3. “graduate tax” cameron cable
4. browne report
5. nick clegg r&d
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
>> @JamesWHarrison Have a feeling I’m gonna feel very old at this #lyconf, even though I’m only 20
>> @CamdenJo Are you a #LibDem? Do you oppose Control Orders? Then please join FB cause calling for them to be scrapped now: http://bit.ly/a7Lhm0
>> @ALDC Mountains out of Mole Valleys… – ALDC’s Commentary on all of this week’s by-elections: http://t.co/yhuSgFc
>> @Lucy_Watt RT @whitehouse President Obama: It Gets Better. Video: http://bit.ly/c3Zyqv #lgbt < #itgetsbetter Brilliant.
>> @DaveTheMayor Just been re-selected as Liberal Democrat Mayoral candidate for the election next year. Meeting was packed and very supportive. 🙂
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…
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3 Comments
If I post a link to the BBC’s report on the IFS study of schools funding, is there any chance it will stay here, rather than being removed because it is “off-topic”?
Nick Clegg claimed, bizarrely, that funding per pupil would be increased even if it wasn’t for the “pupil premium.” On the contrary, the truth is that even when the pupil premium is taken into account, funding per pupil is going to be cut in real terms.
The IFS also found that despite the increase in overall school spending (0.1% per year in real terms), school spending per pupil would fall in real terms by 0.6% per year – to a total of 2.25% over four years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11607269
No he didn’t. He said there would be a flat cash settlement per pupil, even though pupil numbers will increase, and in addition a pupil premium, worth £2.5bn a year by 2014/15, targeted at the most disadvantaged children. The Guardian will be publishing a retraction soon.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/21/nick-clegg-attacks-ifs
John
Thanks. It seems that it was the Guardian’s initial misreporting that was bizarre, not what Clegg said.
However, the fact remains that according to the IFS, total funding per pupil will fall in real terms, even when the pupil premium has been taken into account.