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halfpint Aug 2020 7:43am, 18 Aug 2020 32,062 posts	Quote Pin halfpint Watching BBC Breakfast and getting so frustrated. Louise Minchin is giving Gavin Williamson a thorough grilling though.
Meglet Aug 2020 10:18am, 18 Aug 2020 21,185 posts	Quote Pin Meglet Good. It’s too late for many to get the places now What was frustrating HP?
halfpint Aug 2020 11:13am, 18 Aug 2020 32,065 posts	Quote Pin halfpint MP inability to hold hands up and say ‘this is a total clusterfuck and we’re sorry and here’s how we’re going to fix it’. Usual waffle and spin to deny accountability (including trying to compare themselves favourably against Scotland). Failure to answer questions in favour of trotting out the same rehearsed message over and over.
swittle Aug 2020 11:21am, 18 Aug 2020 67,015 posts	Quote Pin swittle Williamson had the demeanour of a person soon to 'spend more time with his family...' The head of UCAS came over as well prepared, upbeat even but dealing with the outcomes of the reversed policies looks likely to be serena swan and flippers thrashinh madly below the water.
Bazoaxe Aug 2020 12:22pm, 18 Aug 2020 17,265 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe I hope his family were not waiting for exam results - imagine that conversation over tea GW - what grades did you get Mini GW - B, C and fail GW - but you were predicted straight As Mini GW - I know Dad, but you had an algorithm that sorted this out to make it fair GW - I will write to my MP
BarefootEm Aug 2020 1:41pm, 18 Aug 2020 1,314 posts	Quote Pin BarefootEm Except his kids would have been at a private school and therefore not hit with the same algorithm stick as the common folk...
Bazoaxe Aug 2020 1:53pm, 18 Aug 2020 17,267 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe ah yes, so the predicted As became A* - great algorithm Dad.....
DocM Aug 2020 2:31pm, 18 Aug 2020 36,222 posts	Quote Pin DocM it didnt work like that, private schools (some, not all) were hit too
Rosehip Aug 2020 2:32pm, 18 Aug 2020 17,421 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip Even Eton, despite what all the "information" on twitter says.
DocM Aug 2020 4:10pm, 18 Aug 2020 36,223 posts	Quote Pin DocM Anyway back to waiting again now. But feeling more optimistic about this wait.