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Originally Posted by Chris O'Carroll

Did I predict that a few people might send in just a single long entry for the film titles comp, but that the winners would be people who entered lists of short plot summaries? Let's pretend that's the only thing I've ever been wrong about.

No 4240
Set by Ian Birchall
Earlier this year, the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, described as “bizarre” a GCSE exam question that asked students: “Explain, briefly, why some people are prejudiced against Jews.” Gove said: “To suggest that anti-Semitism can ever be explained, rather than condemned, is insensitive and, frankly, bizarre.” We want students’ attempts to “explain” a similarly bizarre exam question (in a discipline of your choice).
Max 140 words by 23 August comp@newstatesman.co.uk

You can certainly explain anti-semitism without blaming its victims, though probably not briefly.