Michael Gove now faces an almighty fight to impose his vision of a high-quality education on our country. Everyone who believes in education must support him.

Heffer's article in tmrw's paper just popped up on the review of the papers on BBC.

Guess what? Sarko is like Napoleon!

That's the "real history" they did at his school. Like Toby Young and the Cavaliers.

Can Michael Gove save Britain's schools (and be the next Tory Leader)?
The battle to save education has begun

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One for the Questions to which the answer is 'No' thread.

Things we know about Napoloen:
* Not particularly tall (Though he made the cut as an artillery officer, so can't have been Lord Moynihan material) - "Sarko" also checks this box.
* Over achiever with the ladies - Check.
* Recognised as a great military general - Fails to match.

The Napoleon bits about being an Ex-Corporal, a bit on the short side, and invading Russia with an inadequate supply line seem a closer match for one of the Mail's favourite characters form history.

Our society needs an end to mass immigration.

This is not just because the parts of the country where immigrants most wish to settle are overcrowded, and the public services and infrastructure are cracking under the strain, or because we have 2.7  million unemployed.

It is principally because our national identity — founded on Christian values of tolerance and decency, and on a history of which we can be exceptionally proud — has been gravely injured by Britain's Left-wing enemy within, and needs to recover from its wounds.

The best way to guarantee a harmonious future for all our people, of whatever racial background, is to make that culture strong again, and for us all to embrace it.

Apparently the height issue is something of a myth as he's meant to have been 5ft 7 which was about average for the time, so we're just left with the fact that he punched above his weight in his coital endeavours which is broadly true of any number of men of power.

And the lack of logic prize goes to.....

The real bigots in the gay marriage row are the liberals

So being against bigotry is actually bigotry?

Idiot.

Anti-fascists are the true fascists, liberals attack freedoms, Nazis are socialist....

Anti-racism is racist.

It's really funny when Tory supporters bleat on about the costs of privatisation. I mean what on earth did you think they were going to do when you voted for them? Please tell me. It's like putting your head into a crocodile's mouth and then complaining when it bites you.
- Mike Barnes, UK, 20/3/2012 01:42