Government deceit - Schools move cynical PR stunt

HAVING relied on spinning its way out of every political difficulty, the Government is finally being forced to look the public in the eye. And what voters are seeing is anything but edifying.

A cynical PR stunt is the only way to describe the Coalition’s “purely coincidental” move to add extra schools to its building programme.

Having fuelled hopes in communities across the country before last year’s general election, the Coalition has broken a litany of promises to repair dilapidated, rat-infested and leaking schools.