The day after I heard that Ed Balls (for those in the US that is the real name of our Education Secretary!) is thinking of making cuts in head teachers and making them work across several schools,The magazine for the General Teaching Council (produced by the government largely to show how wonderful things are in education) popped through my letter box.

There's an article about someone who has set himself up as a "laughter facilitator" to reintroduce the humour which has gone out of many schools because of the pressure of government targets, etc (one of the first things to go when you're under stress is your sense of humour).

How about, to save money a moratorium on government initiatives for five years - in that case the much desired laughter might creep its way back in naturally.

But it won't happen, will it?