They love you really

Words by Michael Rosen Illustration by Dan Berry

What do our masters think of us? we sometimes wonder And we would never know, if it wasn’t for a blunder.

We only get to know how they write or speak, if, there is, by chance, some kind of a leak.

Have you heard of Matt Hancock, the TV star? He said: “What a bunch of absolute arses the teaching unions are.”

Gavin Williamson replied (was it with a bit of a smirk?): “I know they really really do just hate work.”

They discussed whether teachers would buy PPE and Gavin and Matt both seemed to agree:

“Some will just want to say they can’t…”

(How did they know? Did they have a spy or plant?)

“… so they have an excuse to avoid having to teach, what joys!!!”

(Did Gavin Williamson think, teachers have time for such ploys?)

Gavin now says he was referring to unions, not teachers, so we think of them now as kind, benign creatures.