Letters From A Tory

Dear Michael Gove,

Your appointment to the Shadow Cabinet now seems a distant memory, although at the time it was certainly well-received.  You have made some worthy Commons announcements since then and have given some clues as to how the Conservatives will approach education should they form the next government, but the public have yet to see any noticeable transformation in your stature.

As the Labour Party churn out more nonsense initiatives this morning, you are presented with yet another opportunity to make a name for yourself.  This may not be as straightforward as you might hope seeing as the grammar school cloud still hangs over your head.  As a Conservative I still have no idea how the Conservative Party would structure our schools and qualifications, and David Cameron’s obsession with the utter disaster that is City Academies is most disheartening.  Labour are happy to keep sticking the knife in whenever the Conservatives criticise their hapless education policies because they know the Conservatives are too scared to make any major announcements and reignite the problem of having to make decisions about selective education that could split the party (again).

Although you are highly regarded in the Conservative Party, the voters know precious little about you and your policies - which will inevitably make them very nervous.  Until you and David Cameron make a definitive stand on some unanswered questions, education will remain a very vulnerable spot for us.  Labour need to score some easy points right now, which is why sidestepping education simply cannot continue.

Yours sincerely,

A.Tory