DOMINIC LAWSON: Pitiful ‘can’t do’ attitude of union that puts teachers firmly before pupils

Perhaps wisely, given his picaresque personal history, Boris Johnson has never been one to base his politics on an appeal to morality. But he did so yesterday. The Prime Minister declared that ‘keeping our schools closed a moment longer than absolutely necessary is socially intolerable, economically unsustainable and morally indefensible’. If we agree that educating … Read more