Father Ignatius Brown

Retired and retiring clerk in holy orders. Passionately compassionate and proud to be British (or English if the Scots and Welsh choose independence - which I hope they don't). Happy to be called a little-englander - even a shopkeeper - both proud and honourable titles. A free-market libertarian - a Hayekian - a social liberal as well. And a spiritual agnostic.


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Eccelesiastes 10:2


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      • The Conservative's broken election campaign.
      • The first cut should be the deepest!
      • The manufacturing myth
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      • Public sector middle class scroungers
      • Socialism - the anathema to personal freedom
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      • How to win an election....
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      • Politicians use soft soap to wash hands of hard ch...
      • Euro fudge - again.
      • Watch Austria and the UK next
      • How can Cameron "seal the deal"?
      • Why I disagree with George Pitcher and Cheri Blair...
      • What does an EU future hold for the UK?
      • Is George Osborne boring?
      • EU mission creep threatens London
      • European arrest warrant threatens fundamental libe...
  • ▼  2009 (131)
    • ►  December (6)
      • Carbon Trading - no surprise that it falls prey to...
      • Talk of a gilt-strike ignores the new economic mir...
      • Why I will no longer vote Conservative
      • The Democratic Free Vote Alliance - part 2
      • What to do about EUROPE
      • Farewell to England
    • ▼  November (19)
      • Should courts write-off large debts?
      • Votes for Clunkers scheme proves counter productiv...
      • Energy saving bulbs - environmental disaster waiti...
      • Why we need a referendum on the EU now.
      • Transexuality is not a disease or a sin
      • Freedom in education
      • We don't need a monarch or a president
      • Learning to live within a European state
      • First Lincolnshire then the UK
      • Six super simple suppers
      • You have a simple choice
      • What have you ever done to defend your rights?
      • The Badman Song
      • Is Badman a badman?
      • Don't think your liberties are protected by Human ...
      • Well said Allister Heath...
      • Increasing VAT on small businesses won't help
      • Govt minister leaves bitter taste in mouth!
      • Excellent proposal to scrap the BBC licence fee
    • ►  October (5)
      • Foolish interference
      • Cheaper food is an illusion - Part two.
      • Leave home education alone
      • Thank you to Anon...
      • Father Ignatius was right about Swine Flu
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    • ►  August (8)
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    • ►  March (18)
    • ►  February (8)
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Thursday, 5 November 2009

Well said Allister Heath...

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http://www.cityam.com/news-and-analysis/Allister-Heath/7kvuwqy96k.html
Posted by Father Ignatius Brown at 06:39
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“How do you keep talented lower-class people at the bottom of the heap? You would devise a system of education that values equality and solidarity more than academic achievement … Young proletarians shouldn't be educated beyond society's needs. Any sense of resentment will be soothed by feel-good qualifications. And if the young people conceive that their qualifications should allow them into university, this should be encouraged. But how to explain the lack of suitable places? Aha! The concept of ‘parity of esteem’. This extends equality theory by persuading students that the institution formerly known as Scunthorpe Catering College is now a university and is as good as Cambridge.”

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