tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post6446778599717564676..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Toby Young Recruits For LabourTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-60458900044795054672014-02-06T16:57:08.269+00:002014-02-06T16:57:08.269+00:00What do you mean his "argument", counsel...What do you mean his "argument", counsel? All he does is call Fiona Millar a blob. Is engaging with that saying "oh no she's not"? <br />If that's the standard of your advocacy, do you get many acquittals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-37712952973619616702014-02-05T17:27:56.288+00:002014-02-05T17:27:56.288+00:00Tobes is indeed supported by "pretty damning ...Tobes is indeed supported by "pretty damning statistics", like his hero "Oiky" Gove and all those cheerleaders giving Labour a massive lead among teachers and other education professionals.<br /><br />That was the point being made.<br />Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-52223104598412315032014-02-05T17:10:51.596+00:002014-02-05T17:10:51.596+00:00Do they? The reason I asked the question was that,...Do they? The reason I asked the question was that, when I searched Google for "Michael Gove" AND "Oiky", the only results I could find were on this blog.<br /><br />I thought there might be an interesting story behind the nickname. It struck me as an ironic one, since Gove is obsessed to the point (as you point out) of political self-destruction with improving the educations of the kind of children many of his opponents would dismiss as "oiks".<br /><br />For example, I thought the word "Oiky" might have something to do with Gove's speech about Jade Goody and her determination to see that her kids had a better education than she had experienced herself at school.<br /><br />It's just that there's no attempt anywhere in this post to engage in any way with Toby Young's argument, which was backed by pretty damning statistics, so I wondered if, maybe, the one interesting part of all the name-calling had some substance behind it. It seems not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-34783845791159885472014-02-05T16:15:57.005+00:002014-02-05T16:15:57.005+00:00Everyone else does.Everyone else does.Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-87941369825046933232014-02-05T15:59:27.324+00:002014-02-05T15:59:27.324+00:00Why do you call Michael Gove "Oiky"?Why do you call Michael Gove "Oiky"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com