Supporters of Ms Keegan will claim she's a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stuffy Tory Cabinet. On the other hand, she could be accused of ignoring Denis Healey's first law of politics: 'When you're in a hole, stop digging.'
On the other hand, the education secretary could be accused of ignoring Denis Healey's first law of politics:"When you're in a hole, stop digging."is it makes the government look incompetent and has ruined any hopes Rishi Sunak might have had of getting the new political year and day one of the new term at Westminster off to a good start.
The key charges against her were that she should have acted earlier to deal with the crumbling schools, she's failed to keep parents informed about whether their children's schools are open or closed, and that Tory spending cuts are to blame. One of the most damaging attacks on the government came not from a political appointment but from a retired Whitehall mandarin, Jonathan Slater, who was permanent secretary at the Department for Education from 2016 to 2020.
He claimed in an interview earlier that spending on school repairs was halved by Mr Sunak when he was chancellor -Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerNow to be fair, Mr Slater was abruptly dismissed over another fiasco at the education department - the exam grades debacle presided over by then education secretary Gavin Williamson during the COVID pandemic.
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