[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...

[El Presidente]

if you think small boats are more important than crumbling schools vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a failed Brexit deal vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than record NHS waiting lists vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than lowest crime detection rates in history vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than 1.8 million kids playing truant from school vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than being unable to find an NHS dentist vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than the collapse of social care for the elderly and ill vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a functioning rail network vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a higher education system that prefers overseas to domestic students vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important to handing out lucrative PPE contracts to cronies and friends of ministers vote Conservative

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

if you think small boats are more important than crumbling schools vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a failed Brexit deal vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than record NHS waiting lists vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than lowest crime detection rates in history vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than 1.8 million kids playing truant from school vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than being unable to find an NHS dentist vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than the collapse of social care for the elderly and ill vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a functioning rail network vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a higher education system that prefers overseas to domestic students vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important to handing out lucrative PPE contracts to cronies and friends of ministers vote Conservative

You've said nothing there about the state of our rivers and seas. You've said nothing about increasing inequality. You've said nothing about our spiralling national debt. You've said nothing about the prospects of our kids ever owning a home. You've said nothing on reducing our national carbon emissions to a sustainable level.

 

[The Clamp]

if you think small boats are more important than crumbling schools vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a failed Brexit deal vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than record NHS waiting lists vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than lowest crime detection rates in history vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than 1.8 million kids playing truant from school vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than being unable to find an NHS dentist vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than the collapse of social care for the elderly and ill vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a functioning rail network vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a higher education system that prefers overseas to domestic students vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important to handing out lucrative PPE contracts to cronies and friends of ministers vote Conservative

And the irony? Tories don’t even care about small boats

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Good article here about a struggling headmaster trying to run a school in Oldham....

One year in a struggling British state school

Battered by the pandemic and the rising cost of living, UK schools like Newman Roman Catholic College in Oldham are at the front line of a profound national crisis

www.ft.com

The UK government is failing more and more of it's citizens day by day. Then, when Labour or whoever take over next year and are saddled with the responsibility of fixing this mess, the Conservacunts will just bray from the sidelines about what a shit job they're doing.

This process will start from day 1. And worse, every effort to fix this mess will be vilified every single day on the tory networks of right wing misinformation like GB news and the Telegraph.

Taxes will have to go up. Of course they will. It doesn't mean that Labour are the party of high taxes. There really is no choice

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Hunt saying they will do whatever it takes and spend whatever it costs to fix schools.

Too late. You had the chance to do all that and you declined.

Plus, you caused the crisis. So don’t get all hero on us now, as if you’re here to save the day. You caused this crisis by failing to live up to your responsibilities for over a decade.

But even then it's money coming from existing school budgets.

So realistically this money is coming from having fewer teachers

 

[Pretty Plnk Fairy]

if you think small boats are more important than crumbling schools vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a failed Brexit deal vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than record NHS waiting lists vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than lowest crime detection rates in history vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than 1.8 million kids playing truant from school vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than being unable to find an NHS dentist vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than the collapse of social care for the elderly and ill vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a functioning rail network vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important than a higher education system that prefers overseas to domestic students vote Conservative
if you think small boats are more important to handing out lucrative PPE contracts to cronies and friends of ministers vote Conservative

Gets my vote then

Regards

DF

 

[CHAPPERS]

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-09-04...hers-have-been-sat-on-their-as-on-raac-crisis

The education secretary has been recorded on camera suggesting others "have been sat on their a***s" over the school Raac crisis, while saying the government should be thanked for their response.

As part of a morning round of interviews, Gillian Keegan was speaking to ITV News as it was confirmed there could potentially be hundreds more schools affected by the crisis.

In the moments after the main body of the interview had finished, and as the camera repositioned for extra shots, Keegan - still wearing her microphone - criticised others and claimed the government has gone "over and above" in addressing concerns relating to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).

"Does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a f***ing good job because everyone else has sat on their a**** and done nothing," Ms Keegan said.

She added: "Any sign of that, no?"

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-09-04...hers-have-been-sat-on-their-as-on-raac-crisis

Everyone else has sat on their **** eh?

Cheers Gill

 

[Machiavelli]

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-09-04...hers-have-been-sat-on-their-as-on-raac-crisis

We don't realise just how lucky we are, us ungrateful sods

 

[The Clamp]

Everyone else has sat on their **** eh?

Cheers Gill

She has come out of this looking worse than Sunak. Which is bloody hard to do!

Saw her on telly this morning claiming to not know anything about a £32m refurb at her office.

“Uhm yes, we’ll, uhm I have been working on a different floor than normal so I suppose yes, uhm there could be a refurb going on, I suppose yes it might have needed, uhm buildings do uhm yes, that makes sense because I’ve been on different floor, you see. Yes uhm”

****.

 

[A1X]

"Why aren't you thanking me for doing a good job?" asks Education Secretary at the same time as schools are having to be closed because they're not safe for children

 

[Gwylan]

Watching Keegan, I keep getting Nicola Murray flashbacks - what an omnishambles

Time to wheel out Blinky Ben

 

[nicko31]

Watching Keegan, I keep getting Nicola Murray flashbacks - what an omnishambles

Time to wheel out Blinky Ben

Oh dear...

Gillian Keegan apologises for swearing over school concrete crisis

The minister apologises but says she was "frustrated" by a reporter's questions on the concrete crisis.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[A1X]

 

[JBizzle]

"Why aren't you thanking me for doing a good job?" asks Education Secretary at the same time as schools are having to be closed because they're not safe for children

It's almost like they've scraped through the bottom of the rotten barrel and are scratching at the dirt underneath now

 

[The Clamp]

Oh, they haven’t got the questionnaires back yet. That’s why they have made such slow progress. Those bloody questionnaires.
Presumably this is an attempt to shrug some of the blame onto headmasters? Building surveyors?

And apparently it’s been “going on since 1994”.
So that’s two Tory governments that have failed to act then?

This lady is quite a piece of work.

Gillian Keegan says nothing more important than pupil and staff safety after apology for outburst over concrete crisis – as it happened

Education secretary gives statement to Commons on Raac after being caught on camera swearing about lack of credit for her work

www.theguardian.com

 

[The Clamp]

It seems she has a history of bullshitting….

Keegan claims teachers are among 'top 10% of earners'

Education secretary also incorrectly claims teacher pay is 'a lot higher' than average

schoolsweek.co.uk

“The education secretary has claimed teachers are “probably in the top 10 per cent of earners in some parts of the country”, and over-stated the average head’s salary by over £20,000.

Speaking to LBC this morning, Gillian Keegan also claimed teachers’ salaries were “a lot higher than the average salaries across the country”.

But that doesn’t fit with salary data published by the Department for Education. The latest school workforce data shows the average classroom teacher earned £39,000 in 2020-21”.

 

[The Clamp]

Edit double post

 

[Guinness Boy]

 

[Bodian]

From the Guardian comments page.