Did any CoffeeHousers watch Ed Balls being grilled in the Commons, just over an hour ago? Unfortunately, I had to miss it, but reading the transcripts over on Politics Home it seems like Balls is shamelessly continuing to dodge responsibility. Here’s a snippet of what he had to say:
“I share the frustration and anger – this should not have happened…
…The contract with ETS had been drawn up at arms length to ministers – any contractual discussions are for QCA and ETS.”
Gove’s reponse was typically punchy. Here’s the killer line, which deserves to be plastered all over the news this evening:
One wonders whether any other minister than Balls would still be in their job if they’d presided over a similar crisis.“Don’t pupils, parents and teachers deserve better than a Secretary of State who fails the most basic test of all – competence.”
P.S. Read Stephen’s take on it here.
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