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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

GCSE's and A-levels cancelled in England by the pandemic will be replaced by grades decided by teachers, the exams watchdog Ofqual has confirmed. Students: are you pleased? This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio; to join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

Transcript

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0:00.0

Look at him go.

0:01.5

He's a quality striker.

0:02.8

No, not him.

0:03.7

The electrician fixing those lights.

0:05.5

Wow.

0:06.2

Is he?

0:06.9

Yes, he uses QuickBooks to prepare for self-assessment.

0:10.3

This is truly game-changing.

0:12.9

Use QuickBooks year-round to ensure your income tax return is shock-free.

0:17.0

That's how you business differently.

0:18.9

Into its QuickBooks.

0:19.7

From Global, leading Britain's conversation with James O'Brien.

0:30.9

Good morning. It's three minutes after ten, and everything is more or less exactly the same as it was, not just yesterday, but this time last year.

0:38.2

However, the light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to, well, hopefully beginning to glimmer,

0:43.7

which is why we'll have a conversation today that is obviously built upon the foundations of the continuing coronavirus crisis,

0:49.7

but is not about pandemic management per se. It is about, it's about schools and children.

0:56.7

Issues that we touched upon yesterday in the broader context of testing, everything crossed on that.

1:02.3

There will be hiccups clearly in the early days. March the 8th clearly is not going to signal a return,

1:09.1

a full return of every school child in the land

1:11.7

to whatever seat of learning they currently occupy, but baby steps, hey, baby steps.

1:18.1

The news today involves exam grades.

1:22.7

So GCSEs and A levels that you would have sat this summer will not be exposed to that ludicrous algorithm.

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