Carol Vorderman Blasts Rishi Sunak Over Proposed Maths Plans

Carol Vordermann has hit the prime minister Rishi Sunak Next your proposed plans make the study of Mathematics compulsory until the age of 18 in Great Britain.

Earlier this week, during his first speech of 2023, Sunak stated that he wanted to “reinvent” the UK “approach to arithmetic”, stating that “data is everywhere and statistics underpin all jobs”.

However, in an interview in LBC On Thursday, Carol, the math whiz, didn’t seem convinced.

previous Countdown The star, which describes itself as “politically independent”, questioned whether the prime minister lives in a “parallel universe”.

“People are suffering,” he told host Nick Ferrari. “I come from a very poor family, single mother, three kids, I was born in 1960 so I’m 62 now and I was a kid who got free school meals my whole life; I know how hard it is.

“He’s saying ‘Oh, my education was important.’ Yes, it was important, you went to Winchester, which is like Eton B, it’s a private school.

Carol continued: “Do you have any idea what real people are going through and the lack of opportunities for children?

“And the only way we can change this country is when children in particular are given the same opportunities. I am deeply passionate about it.”

Reflecting on the scheme proposed by the Prime Minister, Vorders expressed his belief that “the system is not working for that.”