Susanna Reid’s brutal skewering of the Education Secretary on school funding is the way to do it
If you manage to fight your way past news of Will Smith and Chris Rock, you might have spotted that the government has published a white paper proposing a shake-up of the education system, including an increase to the minimum compulsory hours and a deeper focus on Maths and English.
Presumably, if they're extending the school day, they're increasing spending on schools and teachers. Have I got that right?
— Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 (@MichaelRosenYes) March 27, 2022
Very important to drive up maths targets in schools, you wouldn't want to end up with a government that thinks 40 new hospitals is the same as 0 new hospitals. https://t.co/aD1mPlnpg0
— THE SECRET TORY 🗽 (@secrettory12) March 28, 2022
Is this really it?
The Education Sec’s big idea is that schools should help pupils who fall behind.
Of course they should.
That’s what teachers already do.
After twelve years in government, it couldn't be clearer the Tories have run out of ideas.https://t.co/HoW7QAsvj7
— Bridget Phillipson (@bphillipsonMP) March 28, 2022
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has been doing the rounds of the newsrooms to promote the changes, but he hasn’t been having an easy time of it.
@KayBurley “(Education) funding will return us to 2010 levels by 2024/25. Why do you think that’s a success?”
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi “We had to come through the financial crisis”
So the Government now admits it sacrificed our children’s education to pay for it! pic.twitter.com/0X4uYDNbaj
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) March 28, 2022
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi now on @BBCBreakfast admitting the Conservative Government sacrificed our children’s education to pay for the financial crisis
How did we ever allow them back into office pic.twitter.com/JzGZBzuEVf
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) March 28, 2022
When he spoke to Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid, she also wasn’t about to let him get away with anything. Here’s how that went.
Susanna Reid – Why did the government deprive state school pupils of a quality education… why did state school pupils have to suffer… your own Govt has catastrophically let down state schools since your government has been in power.#GMB pic.twitter.com/wT2vHebEpe
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) March 28, 2022
Why did you deprive state school pupils of a quality education by taking money away from them to fix what happened in the banking crisis?
The internet gave it the thumbs up.
He just fills the air with noise and numbers, signifying nothing. https://t.co/x3HZNRdiYO
— nick abbot (@NIAbbot) March 28, 2022
Such ignorance to the struggles of all those people working in and attending state schools.
Academies are not a solution!
The solution is to stop cutting support for state education, stop redistributing money from poor to rich areas, and to properly invest in state schools. https://t.co/iQNY5EanPV
— Amelia Womack (@Amelia_Womack) March 28, 2022
He's like one of those meat sellers in a market:" I'll not only give you a chicken, I'll throw in two pork chops, a lb of sausages & some scrag end of lamb – all for a Fiver! This is no way for an Education Minister to speak – he is not giving a sales pitch!
— Carolyn Guse #FBPE #WOKE🌻🇬🇧 🇪🇺🌹💛💙 (@guse_guse) March 28, 2022
Susanna Reid asking why state school children have been deprived of a quality education since 2010, why they had funding cut, & Nadim Zahawi has nothing #GMB
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV) March 28, 2022
“Why did you deprive state school pupils of a quality education by taking money away from them to fix what happened in the banking crisis?”
A masterclass in how to hold Government to account from @susannareid100 on @GMB just now pic.twitter.com/WbF5fJHIyu
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) March 28, 2022
Thank God she questioned him not Madeley. It would have been "what's your favourite colour?" And "are your horses warm now?"
— mika dehaan 💙 🇺🇦 (@emmdeeaitch) March 28, 2022
Err er er er er ……I've counted over 100 er ers coming from this idiot's mouth.
He hasn't got a fkn clue.
God help us https://t.co/80w38OWKKD— Juice the deuce (@Juicethedeuce11) March 28, 2022
They're all so unused to anything but the most gentle "what's your favourite colour?" kind of soft-soaping – always a delight to see a Tory squirm under the slightest scrutiny.
— Max Tundra (@MaxTundra) March 28, 2022
State school kids will never need to do big sums like £122m minus £46m, so it's money well saved. Right @Conservatives ? pic.twitter.com/ApJ8GgjCcP
— JR 🌎🌍🌏 (@JRodge888) March 28, 2022
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