" 'you know how you're teaching remotely at the moment? That's awfully cheap - can;t we just do that instead of proper education?' This has been on the cards for years.."
-This is true...idiot accountants rule the world of course, but the debasement of education partly lies with its systematised use as a glorified baby sitting service: freeing up both parents to ensure every possible morsel of working time can be squeezed by the system...so the kids still need to be parked somewhere.