Why does having an explanation for why the discrepancy occurs not make it a controversy If it truly wasnt a controversy then after Moynihan had made the statement nothing more would have happened would it If he had come out and said well were doing quite well arent we that would not have sparked the debate and comment that this statement did Theres an explanation for the budget cuts if you believe the government but I hope youre not going to claim that because that exists theres been no controversy over those surely It is controversial precisely because there is an explanation for it that boils down to a difference between the public and private school system It was hardly going to be down to anything else was it