What a disappointment on so many levels:
- The panel was totally ignorant about the details of the new curriculum, and, because of this, could only play lip service to Gove.
- No-one in the audience made any points to challenge Gove. Indeed the only teacher to make a comment happened to work in an independent school which didn't have to follow the curriculum.
- The challenges from the panel were anecdotal - Horowitz harping on about the parlous state of literacy; one of the women (?) harping on about being a school governor but seemingly knowing nothing about the new curriculum and the labour woman spouting anecdotes about her children (I mean.... politician on Question Time spouting anecdotes about her children ) with zero political argument.
It gave the slimy little toad a chance to speak crap and get an almost standing ovation.
I could have screamed.