This has come back to top of the news agenda in the UK in the last few days, with a government announcement of a new review in the light of 1 in 5 children getting to the end of primary schooling with inadequate language skills. Tony Bliar used to rattle on about “Education, education, education” but that was before he discovered the appeal of “war, war, war”.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4604197.stm

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