Michael Gove calls it The Blob - the educational establishment which has ranged its forces against him. But is the crusading education secretary himself morphing into an ideological bully?
The ousting of Labour peer Baroness Morgan from Ofsted was greeted with dismay by her supporters who claim that Gove is politicising the schools regulator.
Joining Anne Perkins in the studio this week: Labour List editor Mark Ferguson, Observer political editor Toby Helm and Guardian political columnist Martin Kettle.
Also this week: Ed Miliband pledged to reform the Labour party's relationship with trade unions. But the task was never going to be a simple one and the consequences could be financially catastrophic. We attempt to untangle the proposals - which may (or may not) affect the next Labour leadership contest.
Plus: the Home Office has warned border officials not to let the controversial French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala into Britain. Is the ban necessary - and are such bans being applied with consistency?
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