Michael Gove got a whole lot of coverage – much of it less than enthusiastic – about his proclamations on lads’ mags, such as Nuts and Zoo, yesterday. And that’s escalated today with Recess Monkey’s embarrassing discovery that Gove received funding from a company involved in the production of Nuts TV.
It’s a shame that’s been the focus. After all, the rest of his speech was yet another excellent attack on the Government’s centralising education policy, and expertly set out the Cameroonian alternative. I’d recommend you read the whole thing – there’s plenty of good stuff in there.
Not that I’m suggesting we feel sorry for Gove in this case. Surely, he must have known that his moralising on lads’ mags would grab the headlines. But cheap headline grabs aren’t necessary when the Tories have the right ideas on education, and when Ed Balls is so consistently scoring own goals. Gove would be better off worrying about what kids read in schools rather than what grown men read on the loo.
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