Spinning idiot

4th July 2003, 1:00am

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Spinning idiot

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When a press officer at the Department for Education and Skills asked a TES reporter what an “LEA” was, we thought standards had hit rock bottom. This week, one of the sultans of spin asked a hack what we meant by a “pupil”.

“Erm, a child who goes to a school.”

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