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So the law, in the person of Mr Justice Mitting, has now pronounced that Andrew Mitchell, despite his vehement denials and his upper crust defence team, probably did actually call the police officer who wouldn’t allow his bike through the Downing Street gate a “pleb.” Or as the Sun reported on its front page on 21…
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The open reception to the truth about boarding continues in Scotland as The Sunday Herald’s “essay of the week” in the paper copy, centre-page spread, features an article by Vicky Allan with the title The Board Generation. Whilst the Scots may imagine that they are less subject to the same unquestionable tradition as is England…
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Sally Fraser of Boarding School Action has posted: “A big thank you to all of you who supported and encouraged us in last night’s debate in Edinburgh: This house would ban boarding for under 16’s. Nick Duffell and Sally Fraser had a decisive win, lets hope the winds of change are blowing…” And following this…
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We are delighted to announced that Wounded Leaders and Boarding School Action team ran away with the debate “This House would ban boarding for the under 16s”. The atmosphere was both serious, passionate and amicable between the debaters, as fitted the venue: the Old College buildings of Edinburgh University, and apparently one of the actual…
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“We can end early boarding” says the Observer journalist Alex Renton, acting as a private individual. On his blog, Renton announces his new campaigning hat and makes a call for funding from anyone who supports this initiative. Here is what he has to say: ” Nov 2014. I’ve joined the advisory board of Boarding School…
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I think I told you that  Sally Fraser of Boarding School Action  and I will be at Edinburgh University Debating Society debating the motion “This house would ban boarding for the under 16s.” But now, at the last minute, a brand new team speaking against has been assembled. No, it is not RBS and Lloyds…
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This morning I watched the whole of the Remembrance Sunday broadcast, which of course was preformed with dignity and pride by all taking part. Yet still I am left with several heavy questions, for which I need help. Most superficially, I wonder why we cannot make our ritual on the real anniversary of the Armistice,…
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I am delighted to announce that Sally Fraser, from Boarding School Action, and I will be at Edinburgh University Debating Society  debating the motion “This house would ban boarding for the under 16s”  at 6.30 on Wednesday evening  November 19th. In proposing this motion, we have deliberately chosen a provocative age-defined motion to see how…
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I haven’t been able to face politics for a while – events have been so awful – so I have not been blogging. The world goes on. I come back to it to discover that having suffered amnesia since regaining control of the sacred Union, our dear leader, DC, in attempt to talk tough and…
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In the flurry of excitement over potential Scottish Independence becoming a reality and amid the desperate panic about cash reinforced by all the corporate and banking cronies that Westminster can muster, one thing seems to get forgotten. This movement may be less about nationalism – anyhow a bit of an outdated concept in a global…
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