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Gove to reintroduce school bullies

already getting complaints from Leveson minorEducation secretary Michael Gove has defended his decision to reintroduce formal bullying into secondary schools, and rejected accusations it would mean ‘two tiers before bedtime.’

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Posted: Jun 21st, 2012
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Michael Gove to give Queen flowers ‘and maybe big toblerone’

After seeing his suggestion of celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by building a new royal yacht, at a cost to the taxpayer of £60m, rejected, Michael Gove has admitted that there is now ‘every chance’ that he’ll just get the Queen some flowers instead, ‘and maybe a Toblerone’.

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Posted: Jan 17th, 2012
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Ed Miliband says 2012 will be ‘Year of the Weird’

2012 will be ‘the ‘Year of the Weird’ according to Ed Miliband in his New Year message to voters. The Labour leader urged voters ‘to take a long look in the mirror and ask yourself if politics has got to be dominated by people who look normal. Or has the time come for the new politics of weirdness and weirdos?’

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Posted: Dec 31st, 2011
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Teachers ordered to write ‘I Will Not Strike Again’ a hundred times

‘Nearly 750,000 teachers bunked off lessons last week, and not one of them had a letter from their parents,’ said Education Secretary Michael Gove.

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Posted: Jul 7th, 2011
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Parents to be Ofsted inspected during teachers’ strike

Homes that are deemed to be failing will be offered the opportunity to become ‘academies’.

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Posted: Jun 30th, 2011
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