Ken Boston, the former head of the QCA, always struck Sir Compton as a reasonably able fellow, so it was something of a surprise that he was left to carry the can during the SATs fiasco of last year. Now he is firing back, and it is that man Ed Balls who once again has some questions to answer. We've not heard much from him for the past few days have we? Must be "getting on with the job".
This is an excerpt from Mr Boston's letter to the Children, Families and Schools Select Committee, meeting today. Incredibly, Mr Boston seems to accuse ministers of misleading parliament by fictionalising meetings, telephone calls and emails so as to shift the blame on to him. Quite astounding - though not a bit surprising. Sir Compton knows who he believes. Mr Balls will soon inhabit the same realm of political undeath as his colleagues the Prime Minister and Home Secretary. Good. Not since Mark Oaten's encounter with a glass-topped coffee table has a career unravelled so quickly.
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A couple of points about Mr Brown's back-of-an-envelope expenses wheeze. 1) Its main purpose is to create dividing lines, especially with all the stress on second jobs, the impression already having been given that more Tory than Labour members have those; 2) it actually reduces transparency by giving a no-questions-asked flat rate simply for clocking on in the Members' Cloakroom, or wherever, & 3) since MPs are in this matter sovereign, it may very well be thrown out. Egg on face, but a nice little distraction on Budget day. Sorry, that was three points, or maybe three and a half.
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