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He feels the reason so many teachers are leaving the profession is partly down to disrespect by children they teach. It is also partly due to "ineffective bureaucracy".

"And so it seems that the British Tory leadership are simply playing to their own grassroots and they have no regard for the damage that that is causing the economy..."

"Brilliant response to the unnecessary ignorance and rudeness of Liz Truss," wrote one person in response.

"Perfectly normal morning in a perfectly normal country with a perfectly normal media," wrote James O'Brien.

“All the solutions lie at the Westminster Government’s door, yet it is silent in the face of this looming disaster.”

"Postman Pat ain't no scab."

Prof Graham Medley, a Sage member, said: “Government have the power, so if one member of Cabinet thinks that scientific advice was too ‘empowered’ then it is a criticism of their colleagues rather than the scientists."

Communication Workers Union general secretary Dave Ward said 115,000 members were striking over pay amid ‘rocketing’ inflation and energy bills.

Labour warned that Ms Truss’s comment, which could be seen to risk straining tensions with France, showed a “terrible and worrying lack of judgment”.