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Mini🧵 in which I sound off about Prof Bate's recent comments and on teaching the novel in schools. The US Ivy League panic about novels (as in the recent Atlantic piece) can't be easily transposed to England's state education set-up

Here's K.Badenoch, who thinks an autism diagnosis entails "economic advantages and protections". She also queries providing school transport for autistic kids & has no idea what neurodiversity/divergence are, and why they have abs nothing to do with, say, anxiety. Pls retweet

Marcus Walker Surely the main reasons are that people are less likely to want to build a career in an organisation that might not exist by the time they retire, and are reluctant to throw in their lot with an organisation in crisis which will exploit those who work for it as it contracts

Another grim article that seeks to justify violent assault against students and teachers. It’s unbelievable how some people can find out a student attacked others in school, needed to be excluded as a result, and their sympathies are solely reserved for the attacker.

Very worth zooming in and reading. Also I would pay for an "immersive Victorian novel read-through" subscription service.

🚨The special needs system is on the brink of collapse. The government's spending watchdog will publish its own likely damning investigation this week But we’ve been chronicling the collapse for years. And I just want to set out how seriously bad things are … (mega 🧵)

Your income from work won't be taxed more. Your income from capital will. It's a shift in favour of labour. Why ever would a Labour government do that?

😥 38... My hairline hasn't receded that far, though, so it could be even worse.

In 2013, I wrote a book about educational myths. I *didn't* include learning styles. Why? Because even in 2013, so much research had already been published showing they were bunk. Didn't feel worth me going over it all again. It's now 2024. What's in The Economist ?

Bond market is such a little baby. Waa waa we don’t like uncosted tax cuts. Waa waa we don’t like costed public spending. Grow up

Can anybody conflirm whether Joseph Stalin's agenda for liquidating the Kulaks did include provision to pass on about £2 million tax-free (£1 million each for property/farm) before seeking a contribution to public finances if more than that was being passed across generations?

'And what does it get spent on?' he asks. Uh, the billions in subsidies and government contracts that launched your companies?

With a top team of Chris Philp, Priti Patel and Robert Jenrick how can the Tories fail to charm their way back to power.

Absolutely agree with this - I type this onto my handheld screen, tripping slightly over rough ground. I dread the thought of permitting my children smartphones whilst I emote via an app owned by an oligarch psychopath. The grown ups have a problem.

Ahem. Advent music permitted in Advent. Christmas music permitted during Christmas, which, as any fule no, is from Christmas Day until Twelfth Night (at the very least).

You don't need this AI shite. You don't need poppy mascots. You don't need the creeping, shaming craze to pin the poppy earlier and earlier in the calendar. Donate to Royal British Legion. Read a poem. Go to Remembrance commemorations. Visit a veteran or a veteran's widow or orphan.

A weird thing to say. Duty to whom?