The Evening Standard (London, England)

Thwack! You've been a very, very bad boy, Mr Miliband.(Column)

The Evening Standard (London, England) | August 18, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: ALLISON PEARSON

THE abolition of caning in schools was a good thing, but I think we should be prepared to bring it back for David Miliband. The Schools Minister made a speech yesterday claiming that there was no problem with A-level results, which will be published tomorrow and are expected to see up to a quarter of candidates getting A grades. Even those of us who failed maths can figure out that means 25 per cent of everyone who took the exam has come top.

Pity the poor thickie who gets a once-respectable C.

According to Mr Miliband, it is…

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