Sunday, June 06, 2010

Frank Field would fail GSCE maths

In a piece here he summons all his reserves of pompousness and says:

Had I been asked, I would have argued for a target that was achievable. The 2020 goal isn’t. Any candidate sitting GCSE maths should be able to explain that raising everybody above a set percentage of median income is rather like asking a cat to catch its own tail. As families are raised above the target level of income, the median point itself rises.


I wonder why he wasn't asked?

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