Putting Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran in a box because of his education is a terrible mistake

Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran listens with a ferocious level of concentration. He has some memory. Because he cares. Because he works, writes Terry Prone.

IT SOUNDS as if it was one of those radio programmes where external, non-political commentators spend their time giving out. Such programmes are staples of current broadcasting, and those of us who get asked to appear on them are properly grateful.

One of those who appeared on such a programme recently – I don’t know who it was – gave out about the current government, offering up the killer point that said government is just about to gain a minister who “doesn’t even have a Group Cert”. Now, there’s an interesting observation. Up to now, we didn’t know that a Group Cert was the basic qualification for being a minister, but now we’ve been put straight. Ministers should be highly educated, presumably to degree level.