Prime Minister's Questions

So I watched Prime Minister's questions earlier today and two things stuck out for me:

1. David Cameron almost never answers the question that's actually been asked. He just tries to big-up Conservative policy anytime he can.

2. Both the coalition and the Opposition can fire attacks at each other about the economy, but all it did was make me realise that actually, neither side is going to get us out of the economic mess. Cameron spent the time saying that its a mess that the previous Labour government got us in to, whilst Ed Miliband pointed out all the flaws in the current policy. So as it turns out, as long as all of these (mainly) Eton posh boys are in the Commons, nothing is going to get sorted.

SAG Awards 2013: The winners

Award season is now in full swing after the Golden Globes two weeks ago and now the SAG awards, held last night in Los Angeles. Ben Afflick's Argo won best film award and Daniel Day Lewis won best actor for his role as Abraham Lincoln in Steven Speilberg's new film. 

The award for best actress went to Jennifer Lawrence for her role in rom-com, Silver Linings playbook and Anne Hathaway took best supporting actress for her role in the well acclaimed Les Miserables movie.

For TV it was Modern Family and Downtown Abbey that were the big winners and 87-year-old Dick Van Dyke to home the lifetime achievement award.


Full list of winners:

Movies:

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"

Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Supporting actor: Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

Supporting actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"

Cast: "Argo"

Stunt ensemble: "Skyfall"

TELEVISION:

Actor in a movie or miniseries: Kevin Costner "Hatfields & McCoys"

Actress in a movie or miniseries: Julianne Moore, "Game Change"

Actor in a drama series: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"

Actress in a drama series: Claire Danes, "Homeland"

Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"

Actress in a comedy series: Tina Fey, "30 Rock"

Drama series cast: "Downton Abbey"

Comedy series cast: "Modern Family"

Stunt ensemble: "Game of Thrones"

January Exams: Yes or No?

Its New Year. Celebration and jubilation's. Or if you're a student, January exams, but for one of the last times.

As part of the educational reforms its been decided that January exams along with resits are going to be scrapped at GCSE and AS/A Level. But should January exams be scrapped?

I think not.

The problem at the moment is not that exams are too easy as I hear so often from my parents or people of the older generation in general, but that there is more opportunity to get it right. Therefore, resits should be scrapped. So why get rid of January exams too?

This is ultimately going to mean three hour exams at the end of two years, which considering its fact that our average attention span is around 20 minutes is a stupid idea. There are subjects which require an awful lot of knowledge and understanding of that subject that simply can't be crammed into one exam at the end of two years. January exams aren't whats making exams 'easy'. Its the ability to retake the exams as many times as you like as long as you pay a small fee.

Good luck to anyone taking exams this January, (if your in sixth form/college just make sure you don't have to retake the year!)