Education Secretary’s The Thick of It moment over not being thanked

The Education Secretary has been caught on camera complaining that she and the Government weren’t thanked for doing a “f***ing good job” over the RAAC crisis.

Gillian Keegan has also slammed others who “have been sat on their a***s” over the unsafe concrete in schools across England.

Keegan was interviewed by ITV News this morning after it was revealed thousands of pupils face disruption this week due to full or partial closes of schools with RAAC concerns.

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Additionally, it has been revealed that around 1,500 more schools in England are yet to be surveyed, meaning the scale of disruption could be significantly higher.

The 55-year-old made the comments after the main round of interviews was finished, while the ITV cameramen were repositioning for extra shots.

Keegan, who was still wearing her microphone, began to criticise others before stating the government has gone “over and above” while addressing the RAAC crisis.

She said: "Does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a f***ing good job because everyone else has sat on their a**** and done nothing?

"Any sign of that, no?"

A snippet of the interview was shared on the platform formerly known as Twitter, now X, comparing her outburst to the TV series 'The Thick of It'.

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The British comedy series satirises the inner workings of the British government.

Fans compared Keegan's outburst to one scene where the character Nicola Murray accidentally leaked data to a journalist walking down the stairs behind her.

Others compared it to another scene where Sir Humphrey is caught on tape sharing his offhand views on unemployment and fears he may soon find himself with a firsthand view instead.

During her earlier interview, Keegan insisted that the government had been "really super cautious" in ordering 104 schools across the country to fully or partially shut down.

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She said: "Anything that's not critical, we're going to treat as critical.

"It's very important that it's done properly, but we're the only ones who've done it”.

Earlier today (September 4), Rishi Sunak acknowledged hundreds more schools in England could be affected as he faced accusations he failed to fund a programme to replace ageing classrooms while chancellor.

However, the Prime Minister hit back at the accusations as "completely and utterly wrong".

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