Gillian Keegan has become a meme after her NSFW performance during (or just after) an ITV interview, after she was questioned about the school buildings crisis.
Gillian Keegan
ITV News Politics shared the video that quickly went viral adding: “Education secretary Gillian Keegan is recorded on camera saying others ‘have been sat on their a***s’ on schools Raac crisis and shares frustration about not being thanked for doing ‘a f***ing good job’”.
It didn’t help her cause when Kay Burley asked her if she had spent £32m refurbishing her office.
Burley said it ‘wasn’t good optics.’
Here she was this morning…
Sticking plaster
This morning, Gareth Davies, the NAO chief, is on the front page of the Times, where he has written an article slamming the government of adopting a “sticking-plaster approach” to school building safety.
He sais: “Getting good value for public spending means giving sufficient priority to unflashy but essential tasks such as efficiently maintaining public buildings and replacing obsolete technology, as well as to more eye-catching new projects.
“Two recent National Audit Office (NAO) reports demonstrate the problems caused by underinvestment in the physical estate for two essential public services: education and health. In June we reported on the condition of school buildings, concluding: “Following years of underinvestment, the estate’s overall condition is declining and about 700,000 pupils are learning in schools that the responsible body or Department for Education (DfE) believes needs major rebuilding or refurbishment. Most seriously, the DfE recognises significant safety concerns across the estate and has escalated these concerns to the government risk register.” This week pupils, parents and teachers are experiencing the disruptive impact of addressing those safety concerns with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) ….
“The underlying challenge is that adequately funding responsible capital programmes for our public services leaves less for higher profile projects. Failure to bite this bullet leads to poor value, with more money required for emergency measures or a sticking-plaster approach.
Meme
They TUC chipping in with some banter writing: “Not appreciated at work? Join a union.”
The Green Party couldn’t help themselves either, adding: “Just for the record, we don’t think Gillian Keegan’s done a ‘f***ing good job’.”
Have I Got News For You account wrote: “BREAKING: UK’s hardest working employee Gillian Keegan to receive guard of honour and open top bus parade after securing funding for 12 scientific calculators.”
The Labour Party decided to try to throw some banter her way as well.
They mocked Keegan’s Department for Education for its updated claim that most schools are “unaffected”.
“Most beachgoers not eaten by big shark,” they edited.
Sir Michael Take CBE wrote – in jest – “My❤️goes out to poor Gillian Keegan.
Her holiday in Spain ruined😢
What are Labour doing about the RAAC problem?
What are Meghan Markle, Gary Lineker, Hugh Grant, The BBC & the striking doctors doing about it?
Sitting on their f*cking arses that’s what!”
Amusing?
Related: Watch: NSFW school comment leaves Education Minister in Thick of It
