Everything before the words "I am not going to defend racism" is you defending racism. You are basically saying people have legitimate reasons for their racism.
And even if there was any merit in your "it's the left's fault" Tony Blair's decisions were straight out of what most consider right wing economic theory.
The notion that its OK to be racist if you feel hard done by is $#@!ed up. Id like to say Im surprised at who is pushing it. But Im not.
The education thing is bull$#@!, I left school with 2 grade C GCSEs and was a team leader at a bank by 21.
You really don't need to have loads of qualifications to get on in life.
You didnt then as was the same with me but I do think that nowadays there is so much competition for better places that fewer quals or lower grades get screened out and you dont make interview and the chance to shine.Anumber of vacancies I have seen recently has degree as essential, even though it would be very difficult to legitimise why.
What the fuck is wrong with someone who would lie about something like that?
Is anybody on here old enough to have done GCE all this GCSE talk makes me feel decrepit
I did a mix of the two. O Levels for the ones I took early and GCSEs for the others. O Levels were much harder.
Hair splitting time again. Guy Fawkes target was a protestant monarch and reinstate catholism IIRC? Parliament just happened to be a convenient target.
Is anybody on here old enough to have done GCE all this GCSE talk makes me feel decrepit
If it makes you feel any better I did O levels and CSE's. A CSE grade one was equivalent to an O level C grade. O levels were a lot harder than GCSE's and no course work was included. It was all or nothing. Bad day and you fucked it up. CSE's were easier and you could get a pass right down to grade 5.. To show they were easier I was dual entered for Chemistry. I got a CSE grade 1 (o level C ) and an O level E. So naturally was happy to take the so called equivalent.