Mo has passed on but we should not forget her lessons on learning

I WANTED to write about education this week, and it was Mo Mowlam’s death that reminded me. I asked her once, if she could pick her favourite job in the cabinet, what would it be.

Naturally, she said it would be Northern Ireland secretary, but if not that, she said, then definitely education.

It mightn’t be the highest profile job in Britain, but if you are committed to building equality in society, she said it’s the only one worth having.