Ed Balls’ GCSE Pop Quiz

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

Great stuff from Ed Balls this week, as he talked proudly of Labour’s education policies and asked himself and the House whether they could answer GCSE questions. They couldn’t, of course.

Balls said:

“Hard questions, Mr Speaker, in tough exams which our young people are doing very well in. But I have to say there’s one question I do know the answer to: why are more young people leaving school with good grades? Not because of dumbing down and exams getting easier. It’s because of the hard work of pupils and parents and teachers and headteachers and the investment and reform that [the Conservative] party have opposed consistently in the last 12 years.”

Kudos to Cheryl Smith at Sky News for putting the video together.