The academic pedigree of the negotiating teams
Andrew Stunell clearly has no place in these negotiations. Take a look at the teams:
Liberal Democrats:
David Laws (public school and Oxford Cambridge*)
Andrew Stunell (grammar school and Manchester)
Danny Alexander (comprehenisve school and Oxford)
Chris Huhne (public school and Oxford)
Conservatives:
George Osborne (public school and Oxford)
William Hague (comprehensive school and Oxford)
Oliver Letwin (Eton and Oxford Cambridge*)
Ed Llewellyn (Eton and Oxford)Ìý
Labour:
Lord Adonis (independent school and Oxford)
Lord Mandelson (grammar school and Oxford)
Ed Miliband (comprehensive school and Oxford)
Ed Balls (public school and Oxford)
Mind you, it could be worse for Mr Stunnell. He could be a woman.
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Comment number 1.
At 10th May 2010, Olly Grender wrote:The point still stands Michael but actually David Laws went to Cambridge!
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Comment number 2.
At 10th May 2010, DebtJuggler wrote:School/University backrounds are irrelavant in these circustances.
It's the ones that have kosher backgrounds that the others need to be particularly weary of when doing deals!
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Comment number 3.
At 10th May 2010, nobias wrote:Really Michael, is that the best you can come up with?
I know that it must be frustrating for you and the the press corp, but
how great it is that the negotiating teams have so successfully kept the
press at bay. I do hope that the 24 hour rolling press comment is over
for a while - it has become a great bore.
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Comment number 4.
At 10th May 2010, pinxit wrote:It seems that it's not just the negotiators that appear to have this monopoly, Michael. You could have added "Michael Crick (grammar school and er... Oxford).
Just as well that you're a woman...
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Comment number 5.
At 10th May 2010, barriesingleton wrote:ALL TOO OFTEN A PEDIGREE BRINGS INHERANT MALAISE
It is plain to see that Brown cannot function as PM (I leave you to decide just how much of his backroom 'prowess' was hype).
Quite bizarrely, Helena Kennedy told Andrew Neill she admires Brown! How does a rational mind admire a man of 59 who doen't have the maturity to stay out of jobs he can't do? Is 'The Law' really an ass?
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Comment number 6.
At 10th May 2010, barriesingleton wrote:A PRICELESS WESTMINSTER MOMENT
A new recruit MP informed the world (via Daily Politics) that he had not got his phone yet, but HAD been allocated a whip. That sounds like a rendition euphemism! (Not that we British had any part in THAT!)
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Comment number 7.
At 10th May 2010, barriesingleton wrote:BLUE IS THE NEW BLUE! (#1)
"The point still stands Michael but actually David Laws went to Cambridge!"
And now the whole country is going to the dogs! Perhaps we need a few more who went the Academy of Hard Knocks?
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Comment number 8.
At 10th May 2010, The Count wrote:>He could be a woman.
Or black or muslim or young or old or handicapable
Have Labour picked their team on the basis that two Eds are better than one?
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Comment number 9.
At 10th May 2010, barriesingleton wrote:GORDON STILL THINKS HE KNOWS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT
Well Mr Brown: this person is more interested in getting mature, confident governance (rather than a bunch of devious, need-driven wannabes) into Parliamnet. All else follows - and functions better.
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Comment number 10.
At 10th May 2010, barriesingleton wrote:NATIONAL INTEREST NATIONAL INTEREST NATIONAL INTEREST
Suddenly we are being told, repeatedly, that governance must be in the national interest! Since when was the Westminster Ethos 'in the national interest'? By the time the factions have protected dogma, leader (and their back) the poiticians, of all paries, have little time left for interest in ANYTHING worthwhile.
Charlatans playing charades. SPOILPARTYGAMES.
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Comment number 11.
At 10th May 2010, Abandon wrote:2. At 3:27pm on 10 May 2010, DebtJuggler wrote:
School/University backrounds are irrelavant in these circustances.
It's the ones that have kosher backgrounds that the others need to be particularly weary of when doing deals!
Please explain
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