It has a whiff of the old trailer for Jaws 2, the one where viewers were disabused of the idea that it was safe to go back into the water. In January, Matt Wrack, the left-wing, Corbyn-supporting general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) lost his attempt for re-election. But if anyone thought it was a sign of the trade union movement adopting a less combative attitude now that it had its much-wished-for Labour government, they were fooling themselves. Wrack has resurfaced, this time being nominated to lead the NASUWT, which until now has a reputation as the more moderate of the two largest teaching unions.
That Wrack has a background as a firefighter rather than a teacher does not seem to bother the union.
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