Posted on July 10, 2008 by ToryWriter
Is there anyone left who hasn’t criticised the Minister for Education?
In yesterday’s Belfast Telegraph the Children’s Commissioner, Patricia Lewsley, noted her concern that the process undertaken by Ms Ruane has done nothing to take on board the views of young people with regard to the way ahead.
The Minister has now seemingly managed the impossible. All shades of [...]
Filed under: Academic Selection, Belfast Telegraph, Children, Conservatives Northern Ireland, Education, Grammar Schools, Sinn Fein | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 10, 2007 by Editor
Jeffrey Peel, Vice Chair Conservatives in NI, was interviewed on BBC Radio Ulster this evening about the report published today by Iain Duncan Smith, former leader of the Party.
Peel, in interview with Karen Patterson on Evening Extra, made the point that it’s entirely appropriate that married couples should be encouraged and rewarded.
“European statistics show,” he [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2007 by Editor
There’s a big bad world out there. Here in Northern Ireland we’re fixated with our ‘problems’. But sometimes we get the wrong perspective on what our problems actually are. Read David Cameron’s speech on the Wellbeing of the Child.
“Sometimes a piece of research is published which goes straight to the heart of the national debate [...]
Filed under: Children, Conservatives Northern Ireland, David Cameron, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly Elections, UNICEF, Wellbeing | No Comments »