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Morning Glory with Mike Graham

A level results, SERCO, Neil Oliver and Chocolate

Morning Glory with Mike Graham

Matt Hall

News, Unknown, News & Politics

4.4741 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator at The Independent joins us to discus A level results and migrant crossings. Mike reads statements from the Home Office and Serco. Neil Oliver, Archaeologist and TV Presenter, chats to us about the Beirut explosion. And we are homeschooled in the art of chocolate, thanks to our teacher Isobel Carse, Owner and Chocolate Maker at Dormouse.Chocolates.

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0:00.0

Across the UK, online, on DAB and on your smart speaker, the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk Radio.

0:28.7

It's back to school this morning for Education Secretary Gavin Williamson

0:32.1

after he was forced to make a U-turn last night on the exam results being published this month

0:36.2

for GCSE and A-level students at school.

0:39.2

The dreaded algorithm-driven modelling system has been ditched after Scotland's education

0:43.3

minister John Swinney was forced to abandon the grading method in a speech before Parliament yesterday in Scotland.

0:50.0

Over in Edinburgh, things are not looking so great for Nicola Sturgeon, it must be said.

0:53.8

She's finally proved herself to be something other than perfect.

0:58.0

And of course, her critics are lapping it up.

1:00.2

We'll be getting the verdict from John Renzel,

1:01.7

chief political commentator from the Independent,

1:03.5

who called it absolutely right yesterday,

1:05.2

which is why he's on this show,

1:06.3

which of course is the fastest-growing show on this particular planet on which we live because he said

1:11.2

surely Gavin Williamson will have to do the same thing as soon as John Swinney opened his mouth and

1:15.9

while originally Gavin didn't look like he was going to do it he was eventually forced to do it

1:20.7

but we also want to hear of course from you parents out there as well because it turns out your

1:24.3

teenagers can pretty much choose their own results which after everything that's happened this year is surely the best outcome. I can't imagine anybody wishing to make

1:31.9

political capital out of the fact that the government has actually done something sensible. Surely

1:36.6

they should be praised, shouldn't they? Of course, that's not happening in The Guardian, but that's

1:39.8

another story. 034449,000. Coming up later on, we'll be playing you a clip from Plank of the Week, which was recorded

1:45.6

yesterday.

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