No less than the ERG, the group of three sees everything through the prism of Brexit – which, let it not be forgotten, they voted to support themselves.
The first writer in our mini-series is concerned that the Conservative education policy is at risk of neglecting the important lessons of the Gove years.
We trail a mini-series on what might happen next amidst a sense of uncertainty about will follow the Gove reforms.
Trashing last Friday’s event is doubtless fun for Conservative commentators, but not the right course at all for the Conservative Party.
At times, says the Education Secretary, the post he holds requires “a bold and vociferous and constant presence”. But “at other times less so”.
Is the Treasury up for funding and voters up for supporting the ideas he sketched out ealier this week?
Plus: Snubbed by a Remainer. Delighted for Beth Rigby. Tusk japes, May spooks, Francois almost self-combusts. And: is Brexit Brecksit or Breggsit?
All he may have achieved is to make the No Deal that neither side of the negotiations wants marginally more likely.
Halfon is wrong to attribute the rise in school exclusion rates to any disregard for those affected.
Rayner’s hostility to academies runs against both the interests and preferences of parents and pupils alike.
The Leader of the Opposition looked totally incapable of taking over.
Putting teachers and heads in charge has consistently allowed schools and pupils to excel. We must continue to put our trust in them.
The second writer in our mini-series says that creating more grammars is a distraction from change that matters.