Why should we aspire to UK mediocrity?

DEPUTY Robert Sillars pledged to tackle any problems within Education after he won a seat on the department yesterday.

And he wants Guernsey to target higher standards than it currently achieves.

He becomes the second new member of Education as the fallout from the release of falling GCSE results continues.

An independent review is under way to investigate the underlying causes of what has been described as a basic failure of public service.

'I'm a new set of eyes coming in. I have a completely open mind, I'm aware of the rumours but I need to make my own mind up and need to do that as quickly as I can,' said Deputy Sillars (pictured).

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