The waves of strikes we are seeing punish patients, children, and commuters. Acceding to the inflated pay demands of the unions would punish us all by making our inflation problem worse.
Inadequate parenting, ideological orthodoxy, and trades-union inertia share the blame, but shamefully ambiguous official advice on exclusions must be overhauled.
Thankfully the Government is taking the threat seriously and has launched a “back to school and college” campaign.
The same unions that opposed our successful schools reforms are gearing up for battle once again.
Children’s opportunities in life will suffer as a result of school closures – and there still hasn’t been much data to explain why they were needed.
Our latest survey finds that nine in ten Party members support such a move – a total that this latest news is unlikely to have reduced.
Over the weekend, the Prime Minister warned that keeping “schools closed a moment longer than is absolutely necessary” is “morally indefensible”.
We need to switch from specifying “what’s allowed to open” to “what in the interest of public health needs to continue to be restricted.”
We have a dominating centre and compliant Ministers. The Education Secretary was given his marching orders, and told to like them or lump them.
Enraged voters are not his target: he is zeroing in on the mass of questioning teachers and parents.
Instead of finding solutions to problems, the NEU finds problems in solutions – for example, telling its members not to engage with lessons via the internet.
I’m a former union rep myself – and am finding that schools, empowered by the Gove reforms, are quietly getting on with preparations,
The Prime Minister has stated that because of the long gestation period there will be time for consultation: this is essential. The A Level system is certainly not perfect, but neither is it completely broken.