The world is increasingly been filled with Charlatans, Liars, Cheats, Self Absorbed Tossers and Unadulterated Numpties. For too long these individuals have gone unrecognised. So I’m going to rectify this by introducing our very own Numpty Award which will be fittingly named after the UK’s most esteemed PM.
The the first Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Numpty Award goes to this man. Nick Gibb who is the UK’s School Minister.
Today good old Nick made the following comment about today’s brilliant Global Climate Strike.
“We share the passion, as a Government, of young people for tackling climate change, and that is why this Government and this country is committed to reaching net zero greenhouse gases by 2050.
But we don’t think it should be at the expense of a child’s education because what we want is for the next generation to be as well educated as possible to tackle these kinds of problems.”
So Nick shares the passion does he. This is clearly backed up by his Parliamentary voting record on addressing climate change. According to TheyWorkForYou.com on measures to prevent climate change he has “generally voted against” these. His record is 10 votes for, 17 against and 5 absences.
He seems happy with the commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. That’s another 30 years of screwing the planet then.
He has voted for the reintroduction of Fox Hunting and backed the culling of badgers.
Let’s not forget that dear old Nick was the Minister who told schools that kids going through bereavement must be in school. He called kids missing school on the grounds of grief as ‘an extended holiday’.
This is a man who is convinced that increased discipline and a return to the 1950s school system is the answer to our educational problems.
This is the chap who refused to separate spelling testing from the assessments for 10 year olds even though Teachers and Dyslexia Associations objected to the fairness of the approach.
This is the man who told schools they must only to use Phonics to teach kids spelling. Another policy which appalled teachers and health professionals. Yes phonics can work for many kids but is completely the wrong approach for some kids, especially those with special needs. Nicks approached moved schools away from explaining what words mean to learning parrot fashion how to spell a set list of words.
This is the man who introduced exams for 4 year olds. FOUR YEAR OLDS. Yes the wonderful baseline testing which is largely rejected by educational professionals and parents.
And let’s not forget that the man behind so much testing for kids 4 and 10 year olds actually got one of his own English questions wrong live on radio. He then refused to answer the maths question thrown at him.
This is the guy who said exams didn’t put pressure on kids. Social media was the cause of the pressure.
So I present to you Nick Gibb the first holder of the Numpty Award. Who can deny this monumental bellend his moment of glory.
Heartfelt and yes, who do they think they are kidding?
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It’s the damage they do to the kids that annoys me. Can’t we just keep politics out of schools.
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I am not sure I want to keep politics out of schools as I hope our young people will learn how to express opinion and they bring their own politics anyway, but yes I wish they would leave education in the hands of the experts instead of pandering to the whims of politicians who love to harp back to when they were at school. It is so irrelevant in this modern world!
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Your right should have said keep politicians out of running schools. Let teachers teach.
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Thank you so much for this, he was a little off my radar but is now in my sights. He is obviously an enormous arse. One of the key messages coming from young people and children at the moment is that they want us, the adults, to fix the problems. His assertion that children need to go to school to fix these problems in the future is yet another disgusting miscalculation by those in power. This is precisely why Greta and her peers are striking. They want us, our governments right now, to do something about this crisis. It is no good waiting until they are educated. They will pick up the great work that we start now.
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The kids get it. The ruling class don’t want to get it. Who wins determines this planets future.
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I’d say: a well-deserved winner! Hurrah!
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He’s well deserving.
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Vote him out!!???
Prize winner for sure!
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Unbelievably he’s been given more responsibility over education policy.
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Outrageous!! Start a protest or petition!
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I’m just hoping he is consumed when this government collapses.
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Put him back in school, preferably first grade. See how he does. Exams at 4, what the hell is he examining?
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It’s madness.
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Exams for impossible for children with disabilities.
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He doesn’t care. He said that he can’t understand why all kids can’t leave middle school Reading fluently. Complete twat. Sorry for the language.
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I totally agree. He should have a child with disabilities that needs 24/7 care.
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He would just pay for full time care. They live in a different world.
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Very true, but he would have some dealings with the child that wouldn’t be pleasant.
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Can we give the next award to DeVos?
Phonics? Puh-leeeez! I remember all the parodies of the whole phonics thing… Hookt on foniks werkt fer me👍
Education is something that really gets my blood pressure up. Letting the kids participate in this day of climate strike is more educational than all the crap they’re shoveling in the classrooms these days. The kids who are excited and THINKING about climate change are using their brains and learning. What a concept, right?!
Okay, I’ll go mutter angrily somewhere else now😤🤬🤦♀️
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Isn’t she the equivalent looney in the US who wants to ban transgender. I remember reading about her. Deeply unpleasant and over promoted.
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Yep. She also wants to hand out vouchers for private Christian schools instead of putting money into public school.
*more muttering*
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Deep sigh.
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I rather suspect you might be liberally handing out these awards as there are so many worthy candidates.
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I’m open to suggestions. Already the equivalent post holder in the US is a contender.
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Sadness.:(
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It’s unbelievable
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Numpty is too polite Gary! He’s an asshole!!
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That as well.
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Ha!!
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Yes, I think that award sounds fitting indeed. How frustrating.
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I understand the US has its own version of our numpty in charge of education
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Oh my goodness, yes. Completely unfit for the entire US education system – she wanted to privatize learning which would destroy any child with special needs as no private school has to provide to the special needs population. Thankfully that didn’t happen – but it appears to be the same. There is only one kind of student these numpties are thinking about when they create an education plan. How to make the ideal or typical student thrive. So many kids overlooked.
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Which misses the point. All kids are unique and need tailored teaching. You get that if you can pay for it. That’s wrong.
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All of us — just folks — are needed to keep these guys honest. Thank you.
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We all need to work harder. Too many of these people in charge.
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Sorry but there is some comfort in knowing that the USA is not alone in dealing with too many imbeciles in power. Testing 4 year olds, a tosser indeed.
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No we both have been consumed by numptiness.
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I am utterly speechless. Which is nigh on impossible to make me such but omg what is wrong with those dumbasses over there? How far up your ass do you have to have your head stuck to decide th
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They just live in a different world. Cut off from reality. It’s the usual we are in this together, look after the privileged few and someone else takes the pain.
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That you are better equipped to made decisions on the school system without even taking into account what educators have to say. OMG this is fathomless.
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Interesting how we have an election every 4 or 5 years but the politicians put the goals for important issues well beyond their current mandate. Hmmm, 2050 sounds good. By then I’ll be old and senile and not remember what goal we were working towards.
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That’s the plan. Our generation can butcher the planet then by magic someone in the future pays for it.
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It’s this obsession with Victorian Values. It’s a world that better suits the privileged few.
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No argument here.
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Clear winner this week
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Have mercy. You will wear yourself out awarding the political version of Razzies to all the assholes of the world. You could build an entirely new blog.
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Now I’ve started might as well make my way through the list.
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A very worthy winner – loser? – winner? – Tosser!! 😉
Was Boris too obvious a candidate? or is he permanently in the award’s Hall of Fame??
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I’m sure his time will repeatedly arrive.
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And his time will undoubtedly soon be ‘up’! 😉
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These are strange times. How many times did the smoking man look like his time was up in the xfiles….
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Good point… but then again it was a fictional TV show!
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Or was it… I’m not sure the old story lines are any more bizarre than the current world order
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Doo doodoo doo doo dooooo….
(diddlebip-debipdebipp!)
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Well said.
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Thank you
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Numpty is too polite. WP won’t register my like
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A very worthy recipient.
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He is
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Honestly, anytime I get annoyed with Leo Varadkar(our PM), I think it could be worse, Boris could be our PM. I feel awful for England at the moment.
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Your Leo looked a political colossus compared to ours when they met
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Yup. 😦
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Given his antiquarian approach to schooling and environmental issues, I vote that we bring back the town ‘stocks,’ lock him in them for a week (in the rain) and have people throw rotten food at him. A return to good old fashioned British values! 😁
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I would join an orderly queue for that opportunity
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