Alastair Campbell

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TRIGGERnometry · Alastair Campbell vs. TRIGGERnometry: Grooming Gangs, Immigration and Iraq · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

That was a very, very big part of that. matched

And that was one of the big, one of the reasons why we got, we actually, one of the sort of north-south divide, so-called, is because actually the standards in London went up a lot better. matched

And that was because of the specific London strategy we brought forward, which was partly about that. matched

So I think this is one of those, I think you will be very, look, don't get me wrong, I think that there's no doubt, I go into schools all the time, okay? matched

And you hear it from headteachers everywhere that where we're really, really struggling is with white working class kids. matched

So we agree on that. matched

And I would also agree, but I don't think it's because there's a kind of hierarchy necessarily. matched

i think a lot of it is i think for example they talk a lot of them will tell you that you know the the uh some of the asian kids in particular got parents who are absolutely driven yeah in a way that you know a lot of the white working class parents aren't in terms of you know totally fair and immigrants first generation immigrants you have got to get an education this is your route to a better life etc matched

Now, when I was growing up, and I mean, you know, both my parents were Scottish, and I remember, you know, they were obsessive about education, and Scotland had this amazing reputation for education. matched

That's gone. matched

So I'm not disagreeing with you about that being a specific problem. matched

And in terms of what government policy solutions should be, right now I don't think they're big enough and bold enough. matched

I mean, I honestly do worry about the nature of the education that we're giving kids at the moment because I don't think it's remotely... matched

It's so divorced from the pace at which the world is developing and changing. matched

So, you know, anyway, we're violently agreeing. matched

Look, that sounds bonkersville to me, right? matched

That's what people mean by two-tier. matched

That's what they mean. matched

Yeah, okay. matched

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