So the starting gun has been fired on what is being billed as the closest General Election for 36 years – and there seems little doubt that Education will at least get a mention, for the first time really since another young man with excellent presentational skills referred to it (in triplicate, no less) on the 1997 hustings.

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Well, there I was, wearing a silly hat, devoid of inspiration, and resigned to using the last blog of the year to wish everybody the greetings of the season, when who should ride to the rescue but Peter Mandelson and his letter to HEFCE!

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