Government consulting with local councils over rural schoolsI am very upset to be getting the blame for all this when I was only obeying orders.
Making the public aware of the true situation was like pulling teeth but it is now becoming widely understood how Nulabour were openly claiming to be supporting rural schools while quietly scheming to shut them and deny responsibility.
The Building Schools for the Future policy was simply a front to transfer ownership and control of the school stock to the private sector and, of course, the private sector are not interested in rural schools, or indeed in the childrens acedemic, physical or emotional well-being.
Today George Salmon has shown he is not a true believer in the cause and torn up my proposals. I could see he didn't have it in him to deal with the worst of the troublemakers and make an example of them as I would have done. A few headmaster sackings for insubordination or leaking some fake pictures to the press would have shut them all up. Gag them I say. Make them realise that if they support the protests their schools and teachers will be the ones to suffer. It worked for the SS and it would have worked here.
Anyway, the government's hypocrisy has been exposed, the debate is national and the blame for all this is firmly back with Nulabour. I shall take a back seat for now and await new orders.
Don't think you have beaten me though. I shall come back and I shall come back smarter. While there are middle class parents demanding a good education for their children at the state's expense I will still have a job.
I'll be back.
