Michael Gove (again)
For wanting to remove all mention of Mary Seacole from the curriculum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Seacole).
This is the perfect example of a campaign whipped up by the media over something that wasn't planned or proposed anyway. All the articles published about this reference each other - the Independent quotes Operation Black Vote, who quote The Voice, who quote the Guardian, whose article is written by someone from Operation Black Vote (and so it goes on) - and not one has produced any evidence of proposals to remove Mary Seacole from the curriculum.
There has never been any plan by the Department for Education to "remove Mary Seacole from the curriculum", as the DfE does not get involved in dictating which individuals are covered in subjects. DfE defines which areas will be covered, which will include subjects such as the abolition of slavery and the suffragettes.
(We were discussing this at the equality leads meeting yesterday. One of the people at the meeting is linked with the Mary Seacole Centre and has some interesting insights).
Doesn't mean that Gove isn't a super-twat - but let's give him that accolade for what he has actually done or said...