I would suggest that doubters should look for two broad criteria.
If there were any doubters at the beginning of this debate, their doubts cannot reasonably have survived the opening speech of my noble friend.
But he, too, has since joined the ranks of the doubters.
Those figures should be on the record, along with the contributions made by the doubters, the managers and the accountants.
I am sorry to say that there are a number of my colleagues in the teaching profession who have now joined the doubters.
Moreover, a doubter listens because he wants to be convinced, while someone who is certain very often does not.
Elitists and reactionaries, as well as honest doubters, are articulate in decrying education.
The doubters might also consider what our motor car manufacturers have said upon the subject of steel.
