A Tangled Web

THE SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER.....



Sometime, when listening to politicians lying throught their teeth, it is hard to decide whether to be furious or just laugh. Such is the case with these comments from NIO Education Minister Barry Gardiner. The intrepid Barry has decided, in a way best know only to him, that abolishing academic selection will not harm our academic standards. Of course the fact that the majority of people in NI approve of maintaining academic selection is irrelevant to Mr. Gardiner. He is leftist ideologue and he seeks to destroy academic standards all in the name of "equality.." The Northern Ireland Grammar schools are now panicking at what is coming their way, and well-meaning but ineffective politicos like my old school-mate Danny Kennedy of the UUP are making the right noises far far too late.



In Northern Ireland, the rule of law was sacrificed on poilitical grounds in 1997. We now await the sacrificial slaughter of our academic centres of excellence. Hope the people enjoy living with the consequences....