A letter is bouncing around Whitehall, and I thought CoffeeHousers might care to see a
copy. It has been penned by Michael Gove, and is being dispatched to all headmasters today. It urges them to Keep Calm and Carry On during the impending strikes over teachers’ pensions. “My
view,” pens the education secretary, “is that we all have a strong moral duty to pupils and parents to keep schools open, and the Government wants to help you achieve that.” You can
read the full thing below.
While much of this missive is dry, dry stuff — certainly drier than Gove’s usual prose — it’s also quite revealing of the government’s approach to strikes. Although Danny Alexander and Francis Maude are the frontmen in negotiations with the unions, other ministers may have to intervene outside of that, when their territory is at stake.
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