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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.1/3 @johncosgrove405 What a pitiful response. You asked for a factual reference, didn't like it and so try to reje… https://t.co/Ew18mUn3eX — PolitiTweet.org

John Cosgrove @johncosgrove405

@ClarkeMicah That doesn't show "a *lot*" of secondary modern pupils took O'levels. It shows a) 70% of those who too… https://t.co/cbkE8DUzvC

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@melissacreat15. I too have known Michael .@michaelrosenyes for years. I like him and think he makes a major contr… https://t.co/yvlmYR00RV — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: @eviegirl18 Agree that CSE was not up to much, but nor is the GCSE which is more or less its modern equivalent. Nobody can… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 13, 2022 Retweet
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: Fascinating definition of ‘new lows’ on the Rhine from @ft . Actually, it isn’t a ‘new low’ The Rhine, as the FT’s own art… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 13, 2022 Retweet
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@mojomojo If someone asks for a factual reference and I supply it, I think it only polite for them to acknowledge.… https://t.co/6wuMBADwBw — PolitiTweet.org

mojomojo @m0jomoj0

@ClarkeMicah @johncosgrove405 He was possibly after a gotcha.

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Well, @johncosgrove405 , your replies are invisible to me.Please indulge an old man, and repeat them,perhaps taggin… https://t.co/IzDIDtrqTf — PolitiTweet.org

John Cosgrove @johncosgrove405

@ClarkeMicah I have replied to it twice.

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@gablid. No, he didn't.And I asked him precisely because what he said was anomalous. https://t.co/yhKsLu2Lya — PolitiTweet.org

Ian Sharp @gablid

@TJ69B @ClarkeMicah @johncosgrove405 You mean CSE and grade 1. But obviously @ClarkeMicah doesn't actually know eno… https://t.co/eyy58E34BO

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

quite @tj69b. I just asked you ton be sure. Some people will seize on any excuse to avoid facts that don't suit the… https://t.co/sMWuXijMpw — PolitiTweet.org

Tim J Baxter @TJ69B

@gablid @ClarkeMicah @johncosgrove405 @MichaelRosenYes And I didn't recall well enough to get it correct without he… https://t.co/KDNVS6crKT

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Fascinating definition of ‘new lows’ on the Rhine from @ft . Actually, it isn’t a ‘new low’ The Rhine, as the FT’s… https://t.co/j88CfBuwrO — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

It did *us* (and almost everyone in Libya) a lot of harm, though @jprnyct. https://t.co/6wOqvd1oEa — PolitiTweet.org

John Evans @jprnyct

@TJ69B @ClarkeMicah @johncosgrove405 David Cameron couldn't multiply 8 by 9 but it didn't do him any harm. It's not… https://t.co/HlofZFPIor

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Thank you @tj69b https://t.co/vMlbGTyJP3 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim J Baxter @TJ69B

@ClarkeMicah You're correct.

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@reb1958 Thank you. it is clear from Dick Stroud's excellent book on the subject 'Secondary Mod:Much maligned or… https://t.co/l6GC5Fie66 — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Sadler @Reb1958

@lizziegee55 @johncosgrove405 @MichaelRosenYes @ClarkeMicah I went to grammar school in the late 60s after passing… https://t.co/3Bv3CD7HoP

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@tj69b -I take it you mean 'GCSE' . https://t.co/YJttHLcyLe — PolitiTweet.org

Tim J Baxter @TJ69B

@ClarkeMicah @johncosgrove405 What i remember of Grammar School is that as a pupil in the 4th (out of 5) group in m… https://t.co/TddiDpZgQb

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @TJ69B: @ClarkeMicah @johncosgrove405 What i remember of Grammar School is that as a pupil in the 4th (out of 5) group in maths I had to… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 13, 2022 Retweet
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Please do acknowledge at some point that you have seen this response @johncosgrove405 https://t.co/WUxRYudk79 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@johncosgrove405. A *lot* of them took O' levels and a signifcant minorty took A levels, though in many cases they… https://t.co/pTp6kFc16I

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@eviegirl18 Agree that CSE was not up to much, but nor is the GCSE which is more or less its modern equivalent. Nob… https://t.co/OgF9e9ut1L — PolitiTweet.org

Evie ❤️🇬🇧 @Eviegirl18

@ClarkeMicah @MichaelRosenYes I failed 11+ and went to sec mod in 1960s. We were streamed throughout. Only A stream… https://t.co/183t5yPNOq

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Thank you, @janinethechef1 https://t.co/xiGxP4ATAo — PolitiTweet.org

Janine @janinethechef1

@ClarkeMicah @CatheeAli @MichaelRosenYes Indeed, mostly civilised but with the occasional blow below the belt, I wo… https://t.co/4WaymowvxK

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@johncosgrove405 Crowther Report (1959) , p.76, details the rapid growth in GCEs taken in Secondary Modern schools… https://t.co/mdCHgpb47R — PolitiTweet.org

John Cosgrove @johncosgrove405

Hi @ClarkeMicah. I think you may have missed my question as to whether you have figures and percentages to back up… https://t.co/B95oORbX1H

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

There were very few technical schools, alas, @oilpaul. https://t.co/vSTFU537bJ — PolitiTweet.org

Fratercula Arctica #Freedom&Truth🇬🇧✝️ @OilPaul

@ClarkeMicah @MichaelRosenYes School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate. As an aside, nobody mentions th… https://t.co/0EMvgDmogM

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@catheeali It is not pointless. Anyone following it wld learn much abt an important under-researched subject. I h… https://t.co/VxIAoF7w2t — PolitiTweet.org

Dr Cathee Ali @CatheeAli

@ClarkeMicah @MichaelRosenYes For the love of Yaweh will you two stop the pointless bickering on here and have a proper debate somewhere!

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @jiver222: @ClarkeMicah @MichaelRosenYes I was an 11 plus grammar school student. I didn't realise that you could take A levels at 2ary… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 13, 2022 Retweet
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Education Ministry circular 103, May 1946, prevented pupils aged under 17 outside grammar schools from taking Schoo… https://t.co/4DMu4ioO5R — PolitiTweet.org

Fratercula Arctica #Freedom&Truth🇬🇧✝️ @OilPaul

@ClarkeMicah @MichaelRosenYes School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate. As an aside, nobody mentions th… https://t.co/0EMvgDmogM

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

3/3 .@michaelrosenyes. Why ignore, repeatedly, the fact that I said that the ban on external examinations was a fea… https://t.co/idLbtJRkuu — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 @MichaelRosenYes

@ClarkeMicah Oh dear. Back on that. You've shifted your ground. You said at first that it was govt lefties (like me… https://t.co/HIf1aEwI5M

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/3 .@michaelrosenyes. I stated that the policy was abandoned in 1955. Local authorities could have done little bef… https://t.co/97kGdwWyuR — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 @MichaelRosenYes

@ClarkeMicah Oh dear. Back on that. You've shifted your ground. You said at first that it was govt lefties (like me… https://t.co/HIf1aEwI5M

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 @michaelrosenyes Freedom from examinations has long been a policy of the Left. You recently called for the abol… https://t.co/QPdMzhxR2b — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 @MichaelRosenYes

@ClarkeMicah Oh dear. Back on that. You've shifted your ground. You said at first that it was govt lefties (like me… https://t.co/HIf1aEwI5M

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@michaelrosenyes. Just as a matter of interest, before the GCE was introduced in 1951 (six years after the Seconda… https://t.co/m2CB44g3Yd — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 @MichaelRosenYes

@kevin_ovenden @ClarkeMicah I must look back at it. In fact, Peter by his own scrupulous documentation here on twit… https://t.co/DDnJQOClVb

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

But, @michaelrosenyes, since I never said or suggested it was an Act of Parliament,that is not really a great crime… https://t.co/6l4G4S18jF — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 @MichaelRosenYes

@kevin_ovenden @ClarkeMicah I must look back at it. In fact, Peter by his own scrupulous documentation here on twit… https://t.co/DDnJQOClVb

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 @michalerosenyes. Is there in fact a term to describe the act of stating something which the writer or speaker,… https://t.co/2D6pFCMp4p — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 @MichaelRosenYes

@ClarkeMicah It was never a govt enforced 'restriction'.

Posted Aug. 13, 2022
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @Lumawkin: @ClarkeMicah Yes. Yrs later, dropping our son at Camb Uni 4 his 1st day, my h met a former fellow pupil doing exactly same th… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 13, 2022 Retweet
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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 .@michaelrosenyes. This is a quibble. Neither was Circular 10/65, which began the destruction of grammar school… https://t.co/gvVEnxMIOk — PolitiTweet.org

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 @MichaelRosenYes

@ClarkeMicah It was never a govt enforced 'restriction'.

Posted Aug. 13, 2022