Education secretary Michael Gove said children getting a day off school for the royal wedding “wasn’t the same thing at all, obviously” as children getting a day off for the public sector strike.
Asked why it was OK to have a day’s holiday for the marriage of two famous people but not OK to have a day off because of a strike over pensions, Mr Gove said: “Um, well, that was different…”
Gove told journalists: “On the one hand, children were given the chance to take part in and be informed about a very important public event with obvious and vital implications for the future of our country and indeed for their future, and on the other hand they were given a day off for the royal wedding. Totally different things.
“And of course we must remember that the Royal Family do a marvellous job and oh, look at that lovely frock, while strikers are complete and utter bastards.”
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Um, that was different, says Gove on schools’ royal wedding holiday
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offlineMemberOr perhaps they could get Pippa Middleton to flash her arse at the cameras?
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offlineMemberMissed this, excellent idea!
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