Driving to work this morning, the first item item the 7 o'clock news on Today was an interview with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, whose response to the latest fatal stabbings in his city has been to write a joint letter with various Police and Crime Commissioners blaming school exclusions for the rise in attacks - despite Ofsted firmly rubbishing their claim and saying there's no evidence of any such causal connection - and demanding that the Government do something about it.
And, lo and behold, BBC One's News at Six tonight made Mayor Khan & Co's claim their second story.
And BBC education reporter Hannah Richardson has an online report about it too.
And BBC education reporter Hannah Richardson has an online report about it too.
On hearing the story this morning and especially after watching the report tonight I smelt an unpopular rodent and suspected a political stunt by the Labour mayor and those PCCs (a deflection attempt?). And I suspected the PCC's might all be Labour.
So, waiting patiently for work to grind to an end, tonight I checked, and yes they are all Labour: David Jamieson, Alan Billings, Keith Hunter, Mark Burns-Williamson, Willy Bach, Vera Baird and Alun Michael.
Shouldn't the BBC have made that clear?
Or am I missing something?
Or am I missing something?
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