Is this evidence that the Tories knew 10 years ago that they were destroying schools?
Michael Gove: it seems this man is the reason your kids’ school is falling down.
Just a few tweets for your consideration:
The Tories are acting like crumbling schools is a new thing, a surprise.
Here is one of my own tweets, now more than 10 years old, pointing out that schools were crumbling in 2013.
This is not new news, it was common knowledge. https://t.co/auss5D5xpK
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) September 3, 2023
For those a little bewildered.
RAAC is reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
A material commonly used in Europe, but which was badly made in the UK – with inadequate reinforcement and a tendency to corrode.
Failing without warning.
Used in schools, hospitals…
1/
— John West 🕯💙🇺🇦 🗿 (@JohnWest_JAWS) September 1, 2023
In 2018 SEVERE warnings were raised – and ignored by government.
In fact, it was not until last year that letters were sent out to schools asking THEM to look at their buildings.
A request for update earlier this year in Parliament was ignored.
And now?
3/
— John West 🕯💙🇺🇦 🗿 (@JohnWest_JAWS) September 1, 2023
It has been a torrid time for the Tories – but there is no hiding from this.
They took out threatening adverts to force children into covid unsafe environments, only for those environments to be seen to be even MORE deadly.
THEIR inaction is plain.
5/
— John West 🕯💙🇺🇦 🗿 (@JohnWest_JAWS) September 1, 2023
Excellent short explainer on what RAAC is & how it can fail
— John West 🕯💙🇺🇦 🗿 (@JohnWest_JAWS) September 2, 2023
Michael Gove scrapped the £56bn school building project in 2010 that was set to replace every single RAAC school in the UK.
He then replaced it with nothing.
Fast forward 13 years and they are all falling down.
Whose fault is it? pic.twitter.com/6GNipNpRbj
— BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) September 2, 2023
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Children in state schools have been seen as “disposable” since before Aberfan. This is not new. Change is long overdue.
how can we improve the country when it seems the government just take off masks — Tory to faux Labour (actually Tory-lite with what they espouse)?