The sins of the fathers ….

When Dr. Rhodes Boyson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary at the Department of Education & Science, terror stalked the land. But then came the glad tidings that he was not to be in charge of the schools, unlike previous Parliamentary Secretaries; and there was rejoicing, at least among schoolteachers and informed parents. The martinet of Highbury Grove (less well‐known in his earlier role at Robert Montefiore) was not to be unleashed upon innocent children. That task would go to the Lady Young, whose lack of proven knowledge was at least balanced by her lack of known prejudice. Dr. Boyson would be reserved for higher education, about which he was deemed to have neither knowledge nor prejudice, never having hitherto pronounced upon the subject. There he could do little harm.