5 January 2023, 14:15
By Phoebe Dampare Osei
“What is happening in this wonderful country of ours is morally corrupt, in my opinion”, Carol Vorderman said, reflecting on Rishi Sunak's time in government.
Author and broadcaster Carol Vorderman criticised Rishi Sunak while reflecting on his first speech of 2023 yesterday.
Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC said to her: “You had already been very critical of the Prime Minister hadn't you, and spoken about a degree of negligence.”
“I think there is”, Ms Vorderman replied. “My question is at what point does political negligence become criminal?”
“What is happening in this wonderful country of ours is morally corrupt, in my opinion”, she asserted.
The former Countdown co-host reminded listeners of the PPE ‘VIP lanes’ and Rishi Sunak’s wife’s former non-dom tax status.
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She felt that the government is creating laws to “allow these loopholes to happen” so that “what you and I might call morally criminal is not illegal”.
“What did you make of yesterday, what he said about maths?” Nick asked, taking listeners back to 2009 when David Cameron and Michael Gove asked her to lead a review into the teaching of maths up to the age of 18.
“For me it's always about the children, what's best for the children”, she replied, saying this was not about political affiliation as she worked with former Education Secretary David Blunkett and Tony Blair to introduce numeracy hour in primary schools.
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Ms Vorderman added that listening to Rishi Sunak’s speech yesterday, she wondered: “Are we in a parallel universe here?”
“People are suffering” she said, explaining how she “came from a very poor family, single parent, three kids” and was on free school meals. “I know how hard it is”, she went on.
“You went to Winchester, which is like Eton B”, the broadcaster continued, referring to Rishi Sunak. “Does he have any conception of what real people are having to go through and the lack of opportunities for children?”
She said the “system is not working” in a way that would be conducive to pupils studying maths until 18, adding that her online maths school taught half a million kids in lockdown for free for four months.
“If you get to age 14 and you are very wary and anxious about numbers, there is no point in the world trying to teach you about trigonometry” unless they’re going to do “science or engineering”, the media personality explained.
“Thank you”, Nick agreed.
The former countdown host added that “you don’t need to teach to an exam all the time”, and that learning about mortgages, salaries and tax are “practical things that will help these kids as they get older”.
READ MORE: 'It would have been an utter waste of my time': Nick Ferrari ridicules Sunak's plan for pupils to study maths up to 18
On what she would do if the Prime Minister wanted to speak with her following the interview, she said she would go if all the information about the PPE ‘VIP lanes’ is revealed, if he reveals more about his wife’s former non-dom tax status and if he publishes his tax returns - something he said he would do by Christmas.
“No chance before then”, she said firmly.
'At what point does political negligence become criminal?': Carol Vorderman slams Rishi Suank
5 January 2023, 14:15
By Phoebe Dampare Osei
“What is happening in this wonderful country of ours is morally corrupt, in my opinion”, Carol Vorderman said, reflecting on Rishi Sunak's time in government.
Author and broadcaster Carol Vorderman criticised Rishi Sunak while reflecting on his first speech of 2023 yesterday.
Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC said to her: “You had already been very critical of the Prime Minister hadn't you, and spoken about a degree of negligence.”
“I think there is”, Ms Vorderman replied. “My question is at what point does political negligence become criminal?”
“What is happening in this wonderful country of ours is morally corrupt, in my opinion”, she asserted.
The former Countdown co-host reminded listeners of the PPE ‘VIP lanes’ and Rishi Sunak’s wife’s former non-dom tax........
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