In my last Spectator column, I mounted a polemical defence of Michael Gove’s GCSEs reforms and, in the course of advancing my argument, I made a claim that I’ve subsequently been hounded about. Indeed, a website called fullfact.orgmounted an investigation into this claim and concluded that I was guilty of “gross exaggeration”. Needless to say, my political opponents have seized upon this and accused me of making stuff up out of whole cloth. In their eyes, I’m now a Right-wing version of Johann Hari. So I thought I’d take this opportunity to discuss the charge. (To read more, click here.)
