24-05-2024, 07:21 PM in response to #48451
24-05-2024, 07:21 PM in response to #48451 24-05-2024, 07:26 PM in response to #48459 24-05-2024, 07:34 PM in response to #48459 24-05-2024, 08:30 PM (This post was last modified: 24-05-2024, 08:31 PM by Gary Bauress.) in response to #48459
Some fairly dull thoughts on Gove having worked in circles close to him in Westminster and more recently under much of his legacy in education:
1) Him and his schools minister, Nick Gibb did a miserable job at secondary level in terms of making kids and parents who experienced disaffection for education even more disaffected. Education feels a drier experience which is contributing to the increasing mass teacher shortages. The general antagonism with the unions means that even his good stuff is considered dirt within teaching circles. 2) There was some good stuff in early years that he brought through however, in particular with reading. Credit to him there. 3) History will probably review him better than most from this Conservative government because he had ideas and a largely reforming agenda. Civil servants generally liked him because he took time to learn the departmental brief wherever he was, took stuff on board and was clear in terms of what he wanted to achieve. I'm not sure many other ministers managed to do this. That doesn't mean I think he has been a force entirely for good. 4) Linked to this, a latter day problem in education is that a decade has now passed since he left the Department but ministers ever since have continued to behave like he's just left and any reforms are still bedding in. The system needs to change quite radically but no-one (I include Labour in this) seems too arsed to think too much about it. 5) One unintended consequence of Brexit was that his planned reforms for prisons when at MoJ never happened and he was replaced by Liz Truss. They looked quite interesting. We'll never know. 6) One well known rumour from Parliament was that he has "a python of a schlong". Enjoy your weekend with that thought. 24-05-2024, 09:09 PM in response to #48468 Gary Bauress Wrote: Some fairly dull thoughts on Gove having worked in circles close to him in Westminster and more recently under much of his legacy in education: From a distance, whatever his many faults, he always seemed bright, hardworking and competent. I'd have had him as PM over the last three incumbents. 24-05-2024, 09:14 PM in response to #48475 Greek Card Wrote: From a distance, whatever his many faults, he always seemed bright, hardworking and competent. Whilst that's true, it isn't really saying much, is it? We'd have definitely been better off with an inanimate carbon rod in charge than at least one of those three. 25-05-2024, 01:34 AM in response to #48459
You didn't say anything on his capitulation on housing and the RRB. Gary, get back here!
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