Even though our political overlords are supposed to be somewhere else – probably someplace like the Italian Lakes all paid for on expenses while their gardens are tended by taxpayer funded gardeners - the exam results season will be upon us over the next few days. This means that the annual education policy hangbagging has already started. It probably is just me, but rather like the start of the dreaded soccer season, the exam results nonsense seems to start that little bit earlier each year.

You could call me a little bit of an old cynic but why do we waste all on this money on a public education system when it would appear that your average slack jawed soap dodging Scousers career aspirations extend no further than nicking BMW’s, claiming as much dole as possible as well as selling copies of the Big Issue, with nothing but a three legged dog for company. Even so, Michael Gove has stuck his head above the parapet & suggested that some A Levels are easier than others

Mr Gove warned that certain universities such as Cambridge, the London School of Economics and others had told prospective students that taking "softer" A-levels such as media studies and dance would count against them. He also said independent reports from the Royal Society of Chemistry and Sir Peter Williams, who carried out the government's maths review, showed there had been an overall fall in standards. "There is objective evidence from people who care about academic standards that they are not what they should be."

Cue vigorous frothing from the Guardianista cardres...

The government has dismissed the Tory proposals. A spokeswoman for the Department of Schools, Families and Children said: "We simply don't recognise the labels 'soft' or 'hard' A-levels - all subjects are rigorously measured against each other to maintain standards, overseen by Ofqual."

Of course a media studies A Level exam pass should carry the same weight as say physics & we could go on like this all day as Dept of Education platitude follows Dept of Education platitude. The bleeding obvious has never been more bleeding obvious you utter utter twats!