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	<title>Comments on: Liberal Democrat schools spokesman praises &#8220;astonishing, dramatic, unbelievable&#8221; improvement in schools under Labour</title>
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		<title>By: Vote 2010: Education &#124; Left Foot Forward</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-22094</link>
		<dc:creator>Vote 2010: Education &#124; Left Foot Forward</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] political agenda. Both the Tories and the Lib Dems have had to concede that school standards have improved under Labour, and it’s difficult to imagine any prospective prime minister not saying education was a top [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] political agenda. Both the Tories and the Lib Dems have had to concede that school standards have improved under Labour, and it’s difficult to imagine any prospective prime minister not saying education was a top [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Martin Brown</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-7699</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;Lib dems know education http://bit.ly/9bHBWv Tories don&#039;t: see Michael Goves  on Andrew Marr show and in the Spectator http://is.gd/8nnVj.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Lib dems know education <a href="http://bit.ly/9bHBWv" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/9bHBWv</a> Tories don&#39;t: see Michael Goves  on Andrew Marr show and in the Spectator <a href="http://is.gd/8nnVj" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/8nnVj</a>.</span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Social Justice, Education and New Labour &#171; Bad Conscience</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-5800</link>
		<dc:creator>Social Justice, Education and New Labour &#171; Bad Conscience</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] As David Laws of the Lib Dems recently noted, inner city schools in London underwent an &#8220;astonishing, dramatic, unbelievable&#8221; [...]</description>
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		<title>By: New Labour&#8217;s Roosting Chickens &#171; Bad Conscience</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-5798</link>
		<dc:creator>New Labour&#8217;s Roosting Chickens &#171; Bad Conscience</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] As David Laws of the Lib Dems recently noted, inner city schools in London underwent an &#8220;astonishing, dramatic, unbelievable&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] As David Laws of the Lib Dems recently noted, inner city schools in London underwent an &#8220;astonishing, dramatic, unbelievable&#8221; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Neil O'Brien</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-5619</link>
		<dc:creator>Neil O'Brien</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmmm. Interesting post.  Of course, measured by the Gini coefficient inequality is higher than it ever was under Thatcher or Major.

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/tag/gini-coefficient/

What is your reaction to this?  Why do you prefer the 80/20 measure?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm. Interesting post.  Of course, measured by the Gini coefficient inequality is higher than it ever was under Thatcher or Major.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/tag/gini-coefficient/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/tag/gini-coefficient/</a></p>
<p>What is your reaction to this?  Why do you prefer the 80/20 measure?</p>
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		<title>By: Alan McKechan</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-7700</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan McKechan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;RT @leftfootfwd: Liberal Democrat schools spokesman praises “astonishing, dramatic, unbelievable” improvement in schools under Labour: http://is.gd/81DJk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @leftfootfwd: Liberal Democrat schools spokesman praises “astonishing, dramatic, unbelievable” improvement in schools under Labour: <a href="http://is.gd/81DJk" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/81DJk</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: GabrielleLainePeters</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-7701</link>
		<dc:creator>GabrielleLainePeters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;@toadmeister  -  Have you seen this ? David Laws Lib Dem unbelievable improvement in schools  http://tinyurl.com/ygfwqjc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@toadmeister  &#8211;  Have you seen this ? David Laws Lib Dem unbelievable improvement in schools  <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ygfwqjc" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/ygfwqjc</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Cllr Mark Bennett</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-7702</link>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mark Bennett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;RT @ChukaUmunna: RT @leftfootfwd: Lib Dem schools spokesman praises “astonishing, dramatic,unbelievable” improvement in schools under Lab: http://is.gd/81DJk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @ChukaUmunna: RT @leftfootfwd: Lib Dem schools spokesman praises “astonishing, dramatic,unbelievable” improvement in schools under Lab: <a href="http://is.gd/81DJk" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/81DJk</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Alex Belardinelli</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-7703</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex Belardinelli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;RT @leftfootfwd: Lib Dem schools spokesman praises “astonishing, dramatic,unbelievable” improvement in schools under Lab: http://is.gd/81DJk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Chuka Umunna</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/david-laws-liberal-democrat-schools-spokesman-praises-astonishing-dramatic-unbelievable-improvement-in-schools-under-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-7704</link>
		<dc:creator>Chuka Umunna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;RT @leftfootfwd: Lib Dem schools spokesman praises “astonishing, dramatic,unbelievable” improvement in schools under Lab: http://is.gd/81DJk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
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