Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
I bet Wales would compare more favourably against a similar region of the UK, like the north east of England for example.
There wouldn't be much surprise if a school in leafy Surrey does better than one in a run down industrial area in Tyneside
I've said the same so many times, wherever 'Wales' is compared with 'England'.
I wouldn't want to defend poor standards in Education, nor failing NHS performance targets etc, etc, but the England/Wales comparison is clearly not like-for-like.
Yet political mileage is wrung from it.