A tale of two foes as pay deal nearly topples giant (1 July)

Some reasonable points made but drowned out by the absolute nonsense of the passage - “He (EIS general secretary Ronnie Smith) has also had the good fortune to work with some of the most politically astute presidents in recent years: Dougie Mackie, Sandy Fowler, David Drever and Kay Barnett.” Tell that to the supply teachers who have taken a 47 per cent cut in salary or the conserved salary postholders who were lied to by their EIS leadership about lifetime conservation during the McCrone vote.

eddiec

checks for cross-border teachers (1 July)

l I think this piece is about continuing to propagate the myth of the superiority of the Scottish education system. Hordes of incompetent English teachers heading north of the border. Like we don’t have any of our own.

LizaWithaZ

English pensions strife looks set to hit Scotland (1 July)

l Mr (Drew) Morrice (EIS assistant secretary) has abandoned supply, chartered and conserved staff - who will he protect?

cochrane1964

`It’s not a case of what school to go to, but what country’ (17 June)

l “But the gloom is not uniform, (you report). In many of the Nordic countries the recession and the financial crisis seem scarcely to have been noticed.” Not part of the EU and oil rich.

cochrane1964

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