Yet in reality, virtually anyone who knows anything about the way the health service is structured, both within and without, Labour-friendly or not, will tell you that there was - and still is - an urgent need for change.

BBC: The third rail of Welsh politics

In reality, many charter schools cater to the well-to-do over the poor, and are structured in such a way as to harvest the best students while leaving under-achievers behind in the public system.

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