"What is half of three quarters?
I would have to think
quite hard about that. I am going to delay, I am certainly not going fall into
the mistake that one of the ministers fell into¹ and make a mistake on
that..."
"I still haven't thought about that because I've been so
concentrating on these difficult questions that have been put to me... I'm a
total disgrace but I'm not going to make a complete fool of myself."
A
spokesman for Ofsted insisted later: "Chris did know the answer, but chose not
to give it. He has never claimed to be a maths expert - his background is
English.
From BBC Radio 4 "You and Yours", 14th October 1999.
¹Possibly a reference to Stephen Byars, trade and industry
secretary, thinking in 1998 that seven eights were 54, or perhaps David
Blunket, Education Secretary, who, earlier this year, took 14 seconds to work
out 12 times 9.
All above taken from The Guardian
October 15th 1999 |
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