Coronavirus has accelerated progress in the use of technology in education at a rate that was not imagined prior to the crisis.
It’s been suggested that choices need to be made about which businesses should close first, but this isn’t fair to the country’s publicans.
The Prime Minister will be rejected by the aspirational working class that voted for him in large numbers if he cannot win this battle.
There has even been opposition to providing on-line lessons. The closure of schools is further fracturing our already divided society.
Over the weekend, the Prime Minister warned that keeping “schools closed a moment longer than is absolutely necessary” is “morally indefensible”.
The Government is only likely to be emboldened to take the necessary action if it feels that is what parents demand.
We’re aiming to go over work that our children would have been doing, had they been at school – and get them ready for September.
My modest proposal is this: let’s do a major programme of controlled trials to test these ideas, and see what, if anything, makes a difference.
They are five times more likely than average to develop mesothelioma, the disease most closely linked to inhalation of this deadly substance.
Voters will support a balanced narrative about Britain’s past in our schools, but they will want children to feel mostly pride in our past.
We have a university system where 34 per cent of graduates don’t get graduate jobs and which subsidises unlimited courses in media studies.
The Chancellor is groping his way, knowing well that the future is unknowable, trying to hold on to as much of the past as he can.
It was superb to see responsible local businesses investing, and ensuring a safe and socially distanced experience for their customers.
This week Gavin Williamson said that parents would be fined if they do not send their children back to school. But Labour is not happy.
We have worked with Ofqual to put in place the best possible system.