Comments on: Watch: Ed Balls makes Gove look like a fool http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Rocky Hamster http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226367 Rocky Hamster Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:34:06 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226367 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon: Watch: Ed Balls makes Gove look like a fool http://bit.ly/gjgCh0</span></span> RT @libcon: Watch: Ed Balls makes Gove look like a fool http://bit.ly/gjgCh0

]]> By: Andrew Steele http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226319 Andrew Steele Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:42:04 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226319 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Both Ed Balls and @libcon come out of this looking like fools. http://bit.ly/edAVzI Rote learning and arithmetic are hard now?</span></span> Both Ed Balls and @libcon come out of this looking like fools. http://bit.ly/edAVzI Rote learning and arithmetic are hard now?

]]> By: stephen http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226236 stephen Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:29:43 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226236 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: TeresaMary http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226226 TeresaMary Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:14:36 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226226 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: Roxanne Ellis http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226223 Roxanne Ellis Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:10:36 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226223 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: DarkestAngel http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226217 DarkestAngel Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:03:50 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226217 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: Pelicanhead http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226218 Pelicanhead Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:02:52 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226218 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">This is why I love Ed Balls. Can't wait for him to do this to Osborne: http://tinyurl.com/6z5374l</span></span> This is why I love Ed Balls. Can't wait for him to do this to Osborne: http://tinyurl.com/6z5374l

]]> By: Ed Gerstner http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226219 Ed Gerstner Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:02:50 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226219 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: Chris Roberts http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226220 Chris Roberts Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:01:59 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226220 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: Richard Ackland http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226211 Richard Ackland Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:58:44 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226211 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Oh dear Mr Gove.... A nice little flashback. http://t.co/uuS1HpR</span></span> Oh dear Mr Gove…. A nice little flashback. http://t.co/uuS1HpR

]]> By: Vic. http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226212 Vic. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:56:49 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226212 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: Natalie Dzerins http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226213 Natalie Dzerins Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:56:43 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226213 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal POW!: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garydunion)</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal POW!: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garydunion)

]]> By: Kayleigh Donaldson http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226203 Kayleigh Donaldson Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:53:23 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226203 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: ?ø???? ?? http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226204 ?ø???? ?? Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:53:01 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226204 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd ...</span></span> RT @sunny_hundal: FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garyd …

]]> By: sunny hundal http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-226205 sunny hundal Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:51:44 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-226205 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garydunion)</span></span> FLASHBACK: The time @edballsmp made Michael Gove look like a fool over GCSE questions http://bit.ly/fnOidL (via @garydunion)

]]> By: Aaron Kiely http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-149520 Aaron Kiely Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:25:13 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-149520 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon: If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO</span></span> RT @libcon: If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO

]]> By: John Wadsworth http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-149488 John Wadsworth Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:25:25 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-149488 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @psbook: RT @libcon: If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO</span></span> RT @psbook: RT @libcon: If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO

]]> By: Political Scrapbook http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-149484 Political Scrapbook Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:20:42 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-149484 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon: If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO</span></span> RT @libcon: If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO

]]> By: yorkierosie http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-149468 yorkierosie Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:35:38 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-149468 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @libcon: If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO</span></span> RT @libcon: If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO

]]> By: Liberal Conspiracy http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-149467 Liberal Conspiracy Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:29:12 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-149467 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO</span></span> If you enjoyed @tom_watson laying into Gove, see this from 2009 when @edballsmp made him look foolish too: http://bit.ly/2o8dEO

]]> By: DHG http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-85747 DHG Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:32:34 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-85747 And thanks Allen Esterson, you've just perfectly illustrated the simplistic basis on which some commenters on this blog respond to the situation at issue. And thanks Allen Esterson, you’ve just perfectly illustrated the simplistic basis on which some commenters on this blog respond to the situation at issue.

]]> By: Allen Esterson http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-85746 Allen Esterson Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:30:24 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-85746 DHG: "The lengths some people will go to in order to defend the Tory party…" Thanks, DHG, you've just perfectly illustrated the simplistic basis on which some commenters on this blog assess the situation at issue. DHG: “The lengths some people will go to in order to defend the Tory party…”

Thanks, DHG, you’ve just perfectly illustrated the simplistic basis on which some commenters on this blog assess the situation at issue.

]]> By: DHG http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-85728 DHG Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:40:54 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-85728 The lengths some people will go to in order to defend the Tory party... The lengths some people will go to in order to defend the Tory party…

]]> By: Allen Esterson http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-85709 Allen Esterson Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:18:48 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-85709 Sevillista writes: "I’m shocked that someone who has a DEGREE IN SCIENCE cannot answer a GCSE level question on biology. "Even more shocking is that you claim to be a physics teacher in a school, and in most schools that would mean you take general science lessons so should have good knowledge across the 3 science subjects.< "I knew the answer to that from GCSEs 15 years ago and I am no scientist and my job is not to teach children science." Sorry to have been the inadvertent cause of your state of shock, but before I retired some years ago I taught A level physics and mathematics at Further Education colleges. I hope that helps. Sevillista writes:
“I’m shocked that someone who has a DEGREE IN SCIENCE cannot answer a GCSE level question on biology.
“Even more shocking is that you claim to be a physics teacher in a school, and in most schools that would mean you take general science lessons so should have good knowledge across the 3 science subjects.<
"I knew the answer to that from GCSEs 15 years ago and I am no scientist and my job is not to teach children science."

Sorry to have been the inadvertent cause of your state of shock, but before I retired some years ago I taught A level physics and mathematics at Further Education colleges. I hope that helps.

]]> By: Sevillista http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/11/20/watch-ed-balls-makes-gove-look-like-a-fool/#comment-85691 Sevillista Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:43:36 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=9262#comment-85691 @57 Allen "What mess" You made 6 posts to say the same thing and most of them were muddled. I'm shocked that someone who has a DEGREE IN SCIENCE cannot answer a GCSE level question on biology. Even more shocking is that you claim to be a physics teacher in a school, and in most schools that would mean you take general science lessons so should have good knowledge across the 3 science subjects. I knew the answer to that from GCSEs 15 years ago and I am no scientist and my job is not to teach children science. "the fact that Gove *did* answer the question on atoms and ions when he got up to reply to Balls." If only children sitting GCSEs were allowed to confer with their colleagues before answering questions as Gove did... @57 Allen

“What mess”

You made 6 posts to say the same thing and most of them were muddled.

I’m shocked that someone who has a DEGREE IN SCIENCE cannot answer a GCSE level question on biology.

Even more shocking is that you claim to be a physics teacher in a school, and in most schools that would mean you take general science lessons so should have good knowledge across the 3 science subjects.

I knew the answer to that from GCSEs 15 years ago and I am no scientist and my job is not to teach children science.

“the fact that Gove *did* answer the question on atoms and ions when he got up to reply to Balls.”

If only children sitting GCSEs were allowed to confer with their colleagues before answering questions as Gove did…

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