On New Year’s Day, Theresa May made a speech vowing to use the centenary of some women getting the vote as a chance to “eliminate all prejudice and discrimination”.
Hours earlier, it had emerged that the government had appointed Spectator columnist and free school founder Toby Young to its new university regulator, the Office for Students. His appointment has caused controversy — with questions about his suitability for the job ranging from his lack of experience in higher education, to his unpleasant comments about working-class students being “stains” at elite universities, and his seeming mocking of efforts to make schools more inclusive with wheelchair ramps.
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