PUTNEY DEBATER
A personal blog
Banker’s Blues
Banner Theatre’s 1 May Band perform a number from their new show, Cabaret Against the Cuts, on a visit to Chelmsford TUC.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20821923[/vimeo]
The economic crisis seen from Argentina
A new video at the New Statesman. This one’s very short. It’s based on a slide show sent to me by a friend in Argentina, which I’ve translated and visually elaborated. Thanks Patricio!
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20531687[/vimeo]
A missed opportunity
Newsnight on student fees on BBC2 last night was a missed opportunity. Neither of the Oxbridge academics challenging David Willets made the crucial point that the fees increase replaces the teaching grant for arts & humanities which was removed in the government’s spending review announced earlier, and that the whole scheme is intended to complete the marketisation of higher education which was started by Blair, including paving the way to private universities. Read more