I echo Jame's praises and thanks to everyone who has responded so promptly and is ensuring that the message of continuing to fund ESOL and adult education is being heard loud and clear.

Great blog James , thank you for sharing.

Laila El-Metoui 
Twitter @lelmeducation
LGBT Education Consultant & Teacher Educator www.lelmeducation.com
Schools Out UK Education Officer / Member of Action of ESOL 
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 20:45:33 +0000
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Subject: lies, damned lies and statistics
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Hello all

Fantastic responses from Action for ESOL, NATECLA and ESOL-Research subscribers to the latest humbug from Cameron. Congrats all.

Mark Sebba (Lancaster)has written a blog post about how census statistics are quoted in misleading ways by politicians:

https://literacieslog.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/muslim-women-and-english-cameron-gets-his-figures-wrong/

All the best

James

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School of Education

University of Leeds

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