Enraged voters are not his target: he is zeroing in on the mass of questioning teachers and parents.
Recognise that different conditions apply in different places. Advance where we can. Build up evidence when we need to. Less haste, more speed.
Plus: Don’t force MPs who are sick or shielding back to Parliament, Jacob. And: let’s divert aid money to seek a vaccine.
I’m a former union rep myself – and am finding that schools, empowered by the Gove reforms, are quietly getting on with preparations,
Johnson will be well aware of this – and will be more concerned about heading Labour’s leader off than by the restive Tory press.
One area that has had relatively little attention, but could get much more, is the behaviour of commercial landlords across the country.
As a member of his first Cabinet, I was tested in Northern Ireland – as elsewhere the new government reduced the defict and reformed public services.
Some areas, people and businesses must be allowed to get back to normal quicker than others – however unjust that may seem.
The most deprived children are facing greater challenges to their education; Britain must remedy this disadvantage gap.
His cuts were so shocking that, in his own Budget speech in June 2010, George Osborne said that there would be no further such reductions.
Following this road will require a transformation of how we work and live on an expectation-defying scale.
How prepared are we for strict social distancing for the forseeable future, compulsory masks, closed leisure facilities – and a semi-functioning economy?
Instead of finding solutions to problems, the NEU finds problems in solutions – for example, telling its members not to engage with lessons via the internet.