Requires Improvement has returned for 2020 with hosts Lauren, Nick, Charlie and Lee as they take stock of the situation following the UK General Election of 2019. Some personal reflections on this important event are followed by requires improvement insights into school funding, sexism in vintage BBC history clips, the poor showing from the NASUWT in the recent GE and a focus on one particular newly elected Tory MP who was a school rep for the aforementioned union. The episode concludes with a reflection on what we can do going forwards (hint: build the union!)
References to articles/podcasts mentioned in this episode:
1) Nathalie Olah "Steal as Much as You Can" https://repeaterbooks.com/product/steal-as-much-as-you-can-how-to-win-the-culture-wars-in-an-age-of-austerity/
Interview in Tribune: https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/10/steal-as-much-as-you-can
2) David Graeber article: "The Centre Blows Itself Up: Care and Spite in the Brexit Election"
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/13/the-center-blows-itself-up-care-and-spite-in-the-brexit-election/
3) Aufhebunga Bunga Episode 101: A disaster foretold https://aufhebungabunga.podbean.com/e/101-uk-election-a-disaster-foretold/
4) Jeremy Gilbert - 6 articles published between 12th-16th January 2020 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/jeremy-gilbert/
Commencing with: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/it-was-centrist-dads-who-lost-it/
5) Media Lens - The Arrogance of the BBC: https://www.medialens.org/2019/the-arrogance-of-bbc-news/
and additionally Media Lens - Dump the Guardian: https://www.medialens.org/2019/dump-the-guardian/
6) Bristol Transformed - a festival bringing radical ideas and culture to the heart of Bristol. https://bristoltransformed.org/
