{"id":2021420,"date":"2023-09-04T13:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-education-secretary-caught-on-hot-mic-swearing\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:20:49","slug":"uk-education-secretary-caught-on-hot-mic-swearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-education-secretary-caught-on-hot-mic-swearing\/","title":{"rendered":"UK education secretary caught swearing on hot mic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-education-secretary-caught-on-hot-mic-swearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>British Education Secretary Swears in Frustration Over School\u200b Concrete Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>British Education Secretary Gillian Keegan \u2064was caught on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-twitter-exec-mocks-elon-musks-aspergers-warns-project-veritas-about-project-veritas\/\" title=\"Video: Twitter Exec Mocks Elon Musk\u2019s Asperger\u2019s, Warns Project Veritas About Project Veritas\">camera expressing<\/a> her frustration\u2062 about the lack\u200b of appreciation for her \u2063handling\u2063 of a crisis involving crumbling concrete in \u2064schools. In an off-the-cuff remark after her\u2062 interview with ITV,\u2064 Keegan exclaimed, \u2063&#8221;Does anyone ever \u200bsay, &#8216;You know what, you&#8217;ve done a f***ing good job&#8217; because everyone else has sat on their a***s and done \u2062nothing? No \u2062signs of that, no?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Problem with Concrete in Schools<\/h3>\n<p>Keegan&#8217;s swearing \u200cincident was in reference to a specific issue with a type of \u2063concrete used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-education-secretary-caught-on-hot-mic-swearing\/\" title=\"UK education secretary caught swearing on hot mic\">schools called reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete<\/a>. This type of concrete has the potential\u200b to cause structural\u200b collapses. According to the\u200c BBC,\u200c over 150 schools in the United Kingdom have identified \u200cthe use of this hazardous concrete.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, many of these\u2063 schools have either closed down the affected buildings or classrooms, forcing students\u2064 into remote \u200clearning at the beginning \u2064of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-professor-forced-to-undergo-training-for-referencing-tupac-album-with-racial-slur\/\" title=\"Tennessee Professor Forced To Undergo Training For Referencing Tupac Album With Racial Slur\">school term<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Apology \u200dand \u200cExplanation<\/h3>\n<p>After the incident, Keegan apologized for her choice\u2064 of\u2063 language, referring to it as unnecessary.\u200b In an interview with ITV, she explained, &#8220;The interviewer\u200c had been pressing me\u2063 quite hard, \u200byou know, why I hadn&#8217;t solved this issue which had been going on since\u200d 1994. It \u200cis frustrating because we&#8217;re doing everything now to take a leading position, to be on the front foot, to put all of the support in place that responsible bodies and schools need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, \u200dKeegan remains committed\u200c to \u200baddressing the concrete crisis in schools and\u200d ensuring\u200c the safety of students\u2064 and staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British education secretary Gillian Keegan was filmed expressing frustration over the lack of recognition for successfully managing a crisis involving deteriorating school infrastructure. 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