Toby Young is a c0nt

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Coming at the same time as the reshuffle Mayhem is looking less strong and stable and more K’d off her tits.

 

[hipipol]

 

[bemused]

Wherein Polly gets called out for sending her kids private. I don't really have an opinion of Toby Young's new job, he's always seemed a bit fo a prick on TV. Polly always gets caught out when she tries to critise people for being privalged.

 

[agricola]

Did he actually resign or did the Prime Minister try to offer him some other post?

 

[equationgirl]

Did he actually resign or did the Prime Minister try to offer him some other post?

Resigned, I believe. Although I wouldn't be surprised if he pops up in some other capacity down the line.

 

[existentialist]

Resigned, I believe. Although I wouldn't be surprised if he pops up in some other capacity down the line.

I bet it was very strongly suggested to him that he resign. In return for, as you say, some kind of future benefit as a mark of respect for his loyalty to the cause.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Resigned, I believe. Although I wouldn't be surprised if he pops up in some other capacity down the line.

Nah, he's finished in government. Might show up in some vile fucker's think tank type outfit, but attitudes such as he's displayed via Twitter can no longer tolerated in a government type role. And it's very much down to people such as yourself equationgirl that this progress is being made

 

[existentialist]

Nah, he's finished in government. Might show up in some vile fucker's think tank type outfit, but attitudes such as he's displayed via Twitter can no longer tolerated in a government type role. And it's very much down to people such as yourself equationgirl that this progress is being made

I wouldn't be so sure. I think there's a lot of people in this government who take the attitude that there's nothing wrong with what he's said and done, but in order to keep the electorate sweet, some compromises have to be made. It may end up being the case that he's too toxic to put out in the front line, but I strongly doubt that any lessons are being learned.

 

[DotCommunist]

well its tinfoil of me but install an absolute wanker in charge of a highly dubious ideological organisation, high profile moaning about him, he steps down but what remains is what we are not talking about. This shithouse wanna be ofsted for higher education that seeks to elevate the 'student experience' (with the attendant assumed graduate premium that is sure to mean you never leave uni and end up working in a *shudder* factory) to being the whole point. Product, not learning.

Now whatever objections to universities on a wider level we can level (cultivators of privilege etc), they are regarded as world class. British business is often not, and yet the office for students that has no students rep on it is stuffed with ex business types who more or less certainly think 'those who can't do, teach' because tory philistinism is an old fucking thing.

yerk. Toby can retreat t wherever he goes to cry about the PC culture but your twitter hung you man. In the meantime, the shithouse org remains

 

[MightyTibberton]

It's branded as promoting "access" and it's almost certain to recommend shed loads more commercialisation and privatisation of British universities - like Toby's schools.

Office for Students - Wikipedia

The membership has corporate lawyers, a former banker, a Boots director, a training provider for bankers...

 

[Pickman's model]

I see the bbc has a story on Toby young, the man behind the tweets. It would have been more accurate if it was the twat behind the tweets

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It's branded as promoting "access"

Eric Blair did teach us about the way words are used.

 

[Wilf]

Did he actually resign or did the Prime Minister try to offer him some other post?

Mrs May raised the issue of him being an utter cunt, but they agreed the issue of his utter cuntiness could be left to Phase 2 of the Negotiations.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I wouldn't be so sure. I think there's a lot of people in this government who take the attitude that there's nothing wrong with what he's said and done, but in order to keep the electorate sweet, some compromises have to be made. It may end up being the case that he's too toxic to put out in the front line, but I strongly doubt that any lessons are being learned.

The MPs and pundits queuing up to publicly say it’s all a witchhunt and you can’t say anything these days without offending the pc Twitter brigade would suggest that this is the case.

Also I think a lot of them (not always overlapping but often) see his record in education as being laudable, even if they don’t like his tweets, and can’t imagine anyone not thinking the same and that whatever he said couldn’t possibly override that.

 

[agricola]

Resigned, I believe. Although I wouldn't be surprised if he pops up in some other capacity down the line.

Indeed - and as was pointed out elsewhere he is still in receipt of public funds at the "charity" (in the sense that its overwhelmingly funded by the Government, and argues in favour of Government policy) the New Schools Network.

 

[trashpony]

This is a really interesting blog about the Free School: West London Free School: a bog-standard non-comprehensive?

A good degree of selection I'd say in that intake

 

[MightyTibberton]

This is a really interesting blog about the Free School: West London Free School: a bog-standard non-comprehensive?

A good degree of selection I'd say in that intake

That's a really excellent blog, thank you for sharing. I can't find it now, but when the Young row first started up a Tweet was going round that said (slight paraphrase): He blocked me for asking why his school gets three times the money per pupil as the sort of school my wife works in. So they may be getting more cash too - I see Disidealist confirming in the comments to that blog that the school pays its staff more but that he can no longer find the budget figures.

Also in the comments (West London Free School: a bog-standard non-comprehensive?):

"The school’s uniform was only available from a small selection of shops (including Harrods) and was the most expensive I’d ever seen. I worked out that it would cost upwards of £300 to kit out a child. When I contacted the school to ask whether any help was available for children on low incomes, I was told that there wasn’t but that the LEA might be able to help.

"Rules around personal appearance were unusually strict, even for the sort of wannabe 1950s minor boarding school popular with Gove and his acolytes at the time. Some of these rules were, in my view, discriminatory and probably unlawful. Corn Row hair was explicitly prohibited, for example. I doubt that affected many white kids."

 

[trashpony]

Stinks like 3 week old fish

 

[gaijingirl]

This is a really interesting blog about the Free School: West London Free School: a bog-standard non-comprehensive?

A good degree of selection I'd say in that intake

Their pupil premium intake is 38%. My school is 70%. That speaks volumes.

 

[trashpony]

Their pupil premium intake is 38%. My school is 70%. That speaks volumes.

Not to mention the EAL intake at under 6%

Oh and did you see this bit:

In a future blog, I’m going to revisit my old Harris blogs, as someone has promised me some interesting stats about the difference between the size of cohorts in some Harris schools between Year 7 and Year 11. Watch this space.

 

[The Pale King]

well its tinfoil of me but install an absolute wanker in charge of a highly dubious ideological organisation, high profile moaning about him, he steps down but what remains is what we are not talking about. This shithouse wanna be ofsted for higher education that seeks to elevate the 'student experience' (with the attendant assumed graduate premium that is sure to mean you never leave uni and end up working in a *shudder* factory) to being the whole point. Product, not learning.

Now whatever objections to universities on a wider level we can level (cultivators of privilege etc), they are regarded as world class. British business is often not, and yet the office for students that has no students rep on it is stuffed with ex business types who more or less certainly think 'those who can't do, teach' because tory philistinism is an old fucking thing.

yerk. Toby can retreat t wherever he goes to cry about the PC culture but your twitter hung you man. In the meantime, the shithouse org remains

Yeah, need to press home advantage now by demanding he is replaced by NUS representative. Still a shithouse org but.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

That's a really excellent blog, thank you for sharing. I can't find it now, but when the Young row first started up a Tweet was going round that said (slight paraphrase): He blocked me for asking why his school gets three times the money per pupil as the sort of school my wife works in. So they may be getting more cash too - I see Disidealist confirming in the comments to that blog that the school pays its staff more but that he can no longer find the budget figures.

Also in the comments (West London Free School: a bog-standard non-comprehensive?):

"The school’s uniform was only available from a small selection of shops (including Harrods) and was the most expensive I’d ever seen. I worked out that it would cost upwards of £300 to kit out a child. When I contacted the school to ask whether any help was available for children on low incomes, I was told that there wasn’t but that the LEA might be able to help.

"Rules around personal appearance were unusually strict, even for the sort of wannabe 1950s minor boarding school popular with Gove and his acolytes at the time. Some of these rules were, in my view, discriminatory and probably unlawful. Corn Row hair was explicitly prohibited, for example. I doubt that affected many white kids."

Good blog

 

[gaijingirl]

Not to mention the EAL intake at under 6%

Oh and did you see this bit:

6% How on earth did they manage that? We're over 50%. My last school was higher.

 

[MightyTibberton]

More Toby Young fun!

 

[Idris2002]

I see the bbc has a story on Toby young, the man behind the tweets. It would have been more accurate if it was the twat behind the tweets

Twat in the streets, twat in the tweets.

 

[gaijingirl]

This is a really interesting blog about the Free School: West London Free School: a bog-standard non-comprehensive?

A good degree of selection I'd say in that intake

I did actually read their Ofsted report last week whilst taking a quick look at their website. Coincidentally they are looking for a teacher in my subject. The description of their teaching philosophy and the Ofsted report both made for interesting reading.

 

[agricola]

More Toby Young fun!

It wasn't just that meeting either - he is attended a second one in Montreal, and gave a presentation. You can view it by searching "liberal creationism" on youtube.

 

[MightyTibberton]

Ah! There's a post on Zelo Street (Zelo Street: Toby Young - The REAL Reason He Went) saying that this is the "real reason" he left. Is it possible he might end up losing his job at his school too? I've read it's an educational charity and presumably has rules on what its members and officers do.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Here's the Private Eye bit on it (kinda looks like they worked with the London Student journo on this)

 

[Kaka Tim]

what a shit bag.

Kind of blows the "he was sacked just for a bit of on-line banter" defence out of the water. He's an active and vocal proponent of proper far right intellectual cuntism - and happy to share a stage with nazis.

That's the thing with these "entertaining" contrarians like Young, his mate boris johnson and Ress Mogg - they are not joking when they come out with their shit, its what they actually believe.