What I saw on April 15th, 1989
15 April 1989. As a 14 year old boy I witnessed, from the safety of another stand, 96…
Richard Watts
Free School Meals for All is a success – no wonder Gove opposes it
Michael Gove is often said to be the most ideologically obsessed education secretary ever. He is a man…
Children studying at academies deserve good food too
The moment when Jamie Oliver showed us what actually went in to our children’s school dinners – the…
Labour must avoid Gove’s trap
Michael Gove’s childish nonsense in calling his critics “Ideologues happy with failure” has forced me back into the…
The Fib List: 6-7
By Richard Watts / @richardwatts01 Yesterday we introduced the “Fib List” – our attempt to keep tabs on…
Introducing ‘The Fib List’
By Richard Watts / @richardwatts01 I’m losing count of the number of conversations I’ve had over the last…
Lib Dems must move beyond local hypocrisy
By Richard Watts / @richardwatts01 Perhaps because the Liberal Democrats are now skirting single digits in the opinion…
You can’t say Gove isn’t radical…
By Richard Watts / @richardwatts01 Whatever his other failings, no one can fault Michael Gove’s desire to be…
Welcome to your new classroom – in a pub
By Richard Watts / @richardwatts01 A bit of light relief in these dark days is always welcome. Councils…
The reality of the pupil premium
By Richard Watts / @richardwatts01 The pupil premium will become one of the main battlegrounds in education policy…
