This incendiary comment from Tristram Hunt to Catholic journalist Cristina Odone on Question Time is going to run and run:
CO: The most inspiring teachers I’ve ever encountered were not out of teacher training college. You know what, they taught values, not British values, they taught real values.
TH: These were nuns. These were all nuns, weren’t they?
CO: I think that is really…
TH: I know about your religious schooling…
CO: Sorry, I think I know about my schooling better than you Tristram.
Oh Hunty. My mum spent most of her career teaching in a 'convent school', working alongside nuns. They gave incredible educations, you dick.
— Damian McBride (@DPMcBride) February 6, 2015
Would Tristram have sneered at teachers from any other religion? Something he shouldn’t make a habit of…
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