The government of the United Kingdom has had to make a series of backtracks in serious policy areas in recent months, resulting in anger from backbench Conservative politicians.
A group of enraged Conservative MPs told ministers on Wednesday to “get a grip” following another government U-turn on face masks for returning students.
The most recent Westminister backtrack was described as “sh*tshow” and “absolute shambles” by Tory politicians.
He asked why that after “listening to the science”, they were “saying something completely different beforehand?”
Mr Merriman stressed that students must be free from any “encumbrance” in order to fully benefit from their education saying that it is the wrong decision to require face coverings to be worn as the government needs to “send the message out that our schools are safe”.
Other MP’s said in various interviews across the media also echoed the sentiment.
Conservative MP and vice-chair of the 1922 committee, Charles Walker told The Times that they felt “disgusted and disappointed” by the most recent announcement and called it “an utter, utter sh*tshow”.
The statements follow the Government saying that secondary school students in local lockdown areas will have to wear masks in communal areas such as hallways. This came just a day after Downing Street said masks would not be mandatory.
Headteachers will determine if students have to wear masks outside of local lockdown areas of the UK.
This follows another U-turn made by the government over this year’s A-level results, which previously saw 40% of state-school students marked down from their original predicted grades.
After first defending the algorithm that reduced the marks, the government later said that students could use their previous results.
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