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- StandardSummaries onlyThe Edition: how the blob broke teaching | with Francis Foster
Published Aug 27, 2026
Francis FosterLara Prendergast is joined by The Spectator’s economics editor Michael Simmons, author and critic Philip Hensher, and comedian and co-host if the Triggernometry podcast Frances Foster.This week: are good teachers under siege? The panel discuss Michael Gove’s cover story on the education establishment, from collapsing classroom discipline to the ‘pathetically low ambition’ of those training Britain’s teachers. Also: have accusations of bullying become a weapon against demanding ministers? Michael