Friday 10 June 2011

Michael Caine said education is cheaper than prison ...

... when talking to Chris Evans this morning; he was talking about the kids of London's Elephant & Castle, they had asked him how he got out of the Elephant.  My thoughts turned to our devolved administration and education, and policing, and justice, and the voices of the also ran who are calling for further devolution of these powers to solve the very issue MC spoke about

Unfortunately in Wales the very communities who need the education leg-up are failed, there exists an imbalance of resources, money is denied to the very people who need additional resources, squeezed by the middle class resource hungry parents who in turn have been manipulated by politicians with an agenda beyond the ken of the electorate.


There exists in Wales a voice disproportionate to reality, Plaid Cymru, it has influenced policy in a way that creates division and denies fair allocation of resources to our children.  Try the blogger MH, his is a voice that discriminates against those starved of good education, his peddled nationalism is undermining when considered in the context of the fair governance of Wales, particularly towards education policies.

... just as blithe Spirit haunted  Noël Coward's socialite and novelist Charles Condomine in the play by that name, so the Labour Party in Wales is haunted by the ghost of their annoying and temperamental first wife, my advice to Carwyn Jones is to turn your back on the Separatist Party of Wales and turn your attention to the people who need so much help.

Remember, for every young person entering prison there could be a family dispossessed of hope for the future, and how many neighbours of the young inmate are in a similar position.  Doing your duty towards the prisoner should create a better place to live and work for all, helping those at the bottom of the ladder lifts everyone.


Bad news from Syria, the regime is moving to punish its citizens for dissent, time for the democracies to act, there should be no room for barbarism in this world.

2 comments:

  1. "There exists in Wales a voice disproportionate to reality, Plaid Cymru, it has influenced policy in a way that creates division and denies fair allocation of resources to our children. Try the blogger MH, his is a voice that discriminates against those starved of good education, his peddled nationalism is undermining when considered in the context of the fair governance of Wales, particularly towards education policies."

    Luckily Plaid's days are numbered and the Welsh language is dying, no matter what the false statistics say. It won't belong until the tide turns and we Englishmen of Wales rise up to abolish the assembly. I can't wait!

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  2. Granted, we’re doing a hell of a lot wrong in regards to our educational and prison system, but this post I recently read (linkage here for those interested: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=C2JTAPL1HB61&preview=article&linkid=b48c58db-83b8-4ade-9df5-c265a9f83d64&pdaffid=ZVFwBG5jk4Kvl9OaBJc5%2bg%3d%3d) seems to combine the two for what I see as an ideal situation. Although an expense, consider the advantages of educating our prisoners. Be it hope or a newfound sense of purpose, getting our of prison will be that much more solid for these guys and potentially that much less intrusive of our taxpayer pocketbook. Just my thoughts. A little off topic, but your post made me think of that.

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