Alexander Hay<p>Perhaps fittingly, the stupidest thing said today comes from the UK Minister in charge of education. You know, just hours after the biggest Russian drone strike of the war.</p><p>"...Education Secretary <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BridgetPhillipson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BridgetPhillipson</span></a> said there could be "no negotiated peace without <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>" and that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s approach had brought "Russians to the table..."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgnrg77ydjo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgnrg</span><span class="invisible">77ydjo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>