There’s an old saying in politics: never let a good crisis go to waste. That is certainly the approach adopted by the National Education Union (NEU), Britain’s biggest representative body for teachers.
With breath-taking cynicism and self-serving ruthlessness, the union is using the Covid-19 pandemic to hammer the Government over cheap political points at terrible cost to the nation’s children.
Its mission not only ignores entirely the educational needs of pupils, it also casts aside the rights of taxpayers who underwrite our state schools.
As the Mail has highlighted, many teachers have shown themselves to be nothing short of heroic during the pandemic, going the extra mile to ensure that the needs of children are not forgotten.
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The donation came about after an IT worker at the CPS saw the Mail s campaign. We are accepting used laptops and – for around £15 – having them professionally refurbished for young learners.
All the latest 6,500 devices are lightweight and powerful ThinkPads made by Lenovo.
The CPS said it would delete all the data on them, including sensitive notes kept by prosecutors of criminal records and case evidence used in trials and plea hearings.
Their value is estimated to be at least £3million, although they will have to go through a formal evaluation before being accepted for schools. Rebecca Lawrence, chief executive of the CPS, said: We need to adapt to the changing demands of our job, such as handling increasingly large data files like CCTV and police body-worn footage. To keep pace, we need to upgrade our equipment.
Six Prime Ministers in laptops plea: In their own moving and personal words, how EVERY living premier, past and present, backs Mail Force campaign to help lockdown children
In an unprecedented show of support, Sir John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May have joined Boris Johnson to back campaign
Development came as total raised has now reached an incredible £6.9million
Sir John Major has described campaign as a beacon of light in darkest of times
Anonymous donor pledged a massive £500,000 to the Mail Force campaign
The charity, set up to serve society s needs, preferred to remain anonymous
Generous Daily Mail readers have given over £1.2million in just one week
Many of the donations were accompanied with humbling messages of support
Grandparents and retired teachers were among those to help raise £1,245,460