Well! At long last it`s a pleasure to see
the end of Grayling`s tenure at Petty France. There is much to his successor
Michael Gove to be admired. He was an
outstanding journalist with The Times who made his opinions perfectly
clear. There was very little that was
grey in his column; it was written clearly in terms of black and white. And so
it was whilst he was in charge of education.
Many of his initiatives were anathema to the teaching unions but IMHO
that enhanced his dedication to a role of putting the child first second and
third in his priorities to allow gifted children from deprived backgrounds to
rise as far as their abilities could take them echoing his own achievements
from being adopted in Aberdeen to a place in cabinet.
As new Secretary of State for
Justice/Lord Chancellor he will be forced to apply pruning shears to an already emasculated
justice system. He seems to be an honourable man; a term that would have no
place in the description of his predecessor and this observer would hope that
unlike him he applies himself without
resort to breaking the law and lying to us all.
It is indeed an excellent appointment. It was sad to see him removed as Education Secretary and his sense of justice gives cause for optimism in his new role.
ReplyDeleteOne can only hope that he acts in the interests of justice - unlike his predecessor
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